A VARIATION ON CHLOROPLAST DEVELOPMENT: THE BIZONOPLAST AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY IN THE DEEP-SHADE PLANT SELAGINELLA ERYTHROPUS

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 500-511

  Sheue, Chiou Rong ^a   Liu, Jian Wei ^a   Ho, Jia Fang ^a   Yao, Ai Wen ^b   Wu, Yeh Hua ^a,b   Das, Sauren ^c   Tsai, Chi Chu ^d   Chu, Hsiu An ^e   Maurice, S B Ku ^b   Chesson, Peter ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^f The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

cup shaped; erect shoot; microphyll; monoplastidy; photosynthesis; plasticity; plastid; Selaginellaceae; ultrastructure; upper zone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SELAGINELLACEAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHLOROPLASTS; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SELAGINELLACEAE;

EID: 84974852038     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 15372197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/AJB.1400485     Document Type: Article

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