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AN ANATOMICAL STUDY OF SOME WOODY PLANTS OF THE MOUNTAIN FLORA IN THE TROPICS (INDONESIA)
Author(s) -
Versteegh Chr.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1968.tb00116.x
Subject(s) - tracheid , tropics , flora (microbiology) , biology , woody plant , botany , geography , ecology , xylem , paleontology , bacteria
SUMMARY An anatomical investigation of 68 wood species, mainly from the mountains of Indonesia, was made. The mountain species show less specialized characters viz. tracheids and/or scalariform perforations are common, whereas in the lowland species tracheids are usually replaced by woodfibres and scalariform perforations are completely wanting. A correlation with taxonomical classification is absent. The possibility is considered that these characters have a relation to ecological circumstances.