Successive cambia: a developmental oddity or an adaptive structure?

BACKGROUND: Secondary growth by successive cambia is a rare phenomenon in woody plant species. Only few plant species, within different phylogenetic clades, have secondary growth by more than one vascular cambium. Often, these successive cambia are organised concentrically. In the mangrove genus Avi...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth M R Robert, Nele Schmitz, Ilse Boeren, Tess Driessens, Kristof Herremans, Johan De Mey, Elke Van de Casteele, Hans Beeckman, Nico Koedam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3031581?pdf=render