The structure and function of Xylem in seed-free vascular plants: An evolutionary perspective

Functional and Ecological Xylem Anatomy

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-37

  Pittermann, Jarmila ^a   Watkins, James E ^b   Cary, Katharine L ^a   Schuettpelz, Eric ^c   Brodersen, Craig ^d   Smith, Alan R ^e   Baer, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Biology Colgate University ^*  (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d Yale University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Epiphytes; Fern; Lycophyte; Pit membrane; Polyploidy; Primary xylem; Pteridophytes; Stele; Tracheid; Water transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943647209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-15783-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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