Patterns of leaf epicuticular waxes in species of Clusia: Taxonomical implications

Interciencia

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 579-582

  Medina, Ernesto ^a   Aguiar, Guillermina ^a   Gómez, Matilde ^a   Medina, José D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Chemotaxonomy; Clusia; Epicuticular Waxes; Triterpenes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PARAFFINS; TRANSPIRATION;

CLUSIA; EPICUTICULAR WAXES;

WAXES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; HUMIDITY; PARAFFIN WAX; TRANSPIRATION; TREES; TRITERPENES;

CLUSIA MINOR; CLUSIA ROSEA; CLUSIACEAE;

EID: 9644263899     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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