Development, structure, and function of Torus-margo pits in Conifers, Ginkgo and Dicots

Functional and Ecological Xylem Anatomy

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 77-102

  Dute, Roland R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bordered pit; Ginkgo; Margo; Osmanthus; Pinus; Pit membrane; Torus; Xeromorphy; Xylem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943615923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15783-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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