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Title of Journal: Bot J Linn Soc
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Abbravation: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
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Authors: WANG YUFEI FERGUSON DAVID K ZETTER REINHARD DENK THOMAS GARFI GIUSEPPE
Publish Date: 2001/07/01
Volume: 136, Issue: 3, Pages: 255-265
Abstract
YUFEI WANG DAVID K FERGUSON REINHARD ZETTER THOMAS DENK GIUSEPPE GARFI Leaf architecture and epidermal characters in Zelkova Ulmaceae Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society Volume 136 Issue 3 July 2001 Pages 255–265 https//doiorg/101111/j109583392001tb00571xZelkova with six extant species in Eurasia three in East Asia Z schneideriana Z serrata Z sinica one in southwestern Asia Z carpinifolia and two in southern Europe Z abelicea Z sicula was investigated with respect to leaf architecture and epidermal characters by LM and SEM The leaf venation of Zelkova is relatively uniform while leaf size and shape are highly variable Characters such as teeth and epidermal cells trichomes and stomata provide useful specific distinctions Beginning in the Miocene increasing aridity in Central Asia would appear to have been responsible for isolating the eastern Asiatic species from their European/western Asiatic counterparts The European range underwent further changes in response to Quaternary climatic oscillations
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