Aerial organ anatomy of Smilax syphilitica (Smilacaceae)

Smilax L. in Brazil is represented by 32 taxa and it is a taxonomically difficult genus because the plants are dioecious and show wide phenotypic variation. The analysis and use of leaf anatomy characters is recognized as a frequently successful taxonomic method to distinguish between individual tax...

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Main Authors: João Marcelo Silva, Regina Helena Potsch Andreata, Beatriz Appezzato-da-Glória
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2012-09-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442012000300014