Morphological aspects of stomata, cuticle and chloroplasts in ceratozamia kuesteriana regel (Zamiaceae)

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-53

  Lumaga, Maria Rosaria Barone ^a   Moretti, Aldo ^a   De Luca, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceratozamia kuesteriana; Chloroplast; Cuticle; Morphology; Stoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007093294     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263509909381531     Document Type: Article

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