A new quantitative classification of ecological types in the bromeliad genus Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae) based on trichomes
Using collection specimens, we measured the density and wing area of trichomes in 37 species of the bromeliad genus Tillandsia, specifically the abaxial proximal, abaxial distal, adaxial proximal and adaxial distal parts of the leaf. The product of the trichome "wing" area by the number of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Costa Rica
2008-03-01
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| Series: | Revista de Biología Tropical |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442008000100014 |