A new ascent strategy in climbing plants: ‘cauline framework’ in Ephedra tweediana (Ephedraceae).

Authors

  • Pablo A. Cabanillas
  • M. Lucía Borniego
  • Alcides A. Saenz
  • Julio A. Hurrell

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31055/1851.2372.v49.n1.7818

Keywords:

Climbing plants, ascent strategy, cauline framework, Ephedra tweediana, liana

Abstract

A new ascent strategy in climbing plants: ‘cauline framework’ in Ephedra tweediana(Ephedraceae). In this contribution, a novel ascent strategy for the set of climbing plants are described. It has been called ‘cauline framework’ and has been observed in Ephedra tweediana Fisch. & C.A. Mey. emend. J.H. Hunz. (Ephedraceae), it was based on different studies in individuals growing in Isla Martín García (Buenos Aires, Argentina). This paper also clarifies the basic biological type of this species, defined as ‘liana’ (scandent woody plant)

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Vol. 49 No. 1 (2014): Abril

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Original Articles

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How to Cite

“A New Ascent Strategy in Climbing Plants: ‘cauline framework’ in Ephedra Tweediana (Ephedraceae)”. 2014. Boletín De La Sociedad Argentina De Botánica (Journal of the Argentine Botanical Society 49 (1): 29-33. https://doi.org/10.31055/1851.2372.v49.n1.7818.