Adaptive strategies against water stress: a study comparing leaf morphoanatomy of rupicolous and epiphytic species of Gesneriaceae

Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 911-919

  Pereira Dias, Francis ^a   Santos, Marisa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomical strategies; Leaf anatomy; Morphoanatomical adaptations; Water storage tissue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949206639     PISSN: 01008404     EISSN: 18069959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40415-015-0180-8     Document Type: Article

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