Browsing by Author "Pammenter, N W"

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Anomalous pressure volume curves of resurrection plants do not suggest negative turgor.

Author: Willigen, Clare Vander ; Farrant, Jill ; Pammenter, N W Date: 2001 Pressure-volume (PV) curves of the desiccation-tolerant angiosperms, Eragrostis nindensis, Craterostigma wilmsii and Xerophyta humilis, and the desiccation-sensitive species, E. curvula, were compared. The shape of curves for E. nindensis and ... Read more
Xylem hydraulic characteristics, water relations and wood anatomy of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifoliusWelw

Author: Sherwin, Heather W ; Pammenter, N W ; February, E D ; Vander Willigen, Clare ; Farrant, Jill M Date: 1998 Myrothamnus flabellifolius Welw. is a desiccation-tolerant (‘ resurrection’) plant with a woody stem. Xylem vessels are narrow (14 µm mean diameter) and perforation plates are reticulate. This leads to specific and leaf specific hydraulic ... Read more

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