The duckweed Wolffia microscopica: A unique aquatic monocot

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 210, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-39

  Sree, K Sowjanya ^a   Maheshwari, Satish C ^b   Boka, Karoly ^c   Khurana, Jitendra P ^d   Keresztes, Áron ^c   Appenroth, Klaus J ^e  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generative propagation; Lemnaceae; Pseudoroot; Vegetative pouch; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOWERING; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARACEAE; LEMNA; WOLFFIA; WOLFFIA MICROSCOPICA;

EID: 84930044302     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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