[Contribution of microscopic techniques to anatomical and morphological knowledge on Styrax officinalis L]

Ghaleb Tayoub1, Isabelle Schwob, Véronique Masotti

  • 1ER Biodiversité et Environnement, Laboratoire Dynamique et Ressources du Végétal, Université de Provence, case 17, 3, place Victor-Hugo, 13331 Marseille cedex 3, France.

Comptes Rendus Biologies
|September 2, 2006
PubMed

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