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Sexual behaviour of the terrestrial fern Platyzoma microphyllum R.Br.: a morphogenetic look at the origins of heterospory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

J. G. Duckett  and
W. C. Pang
J. G. Duckett
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
W. C. Pang
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 86: The Biology of Pteridophytes , 1985 , pp. 457
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1985

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