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Desert species adapted for dispersal and germination during floods — Experimental evidence in two Astrophytum species (Cactaceae)

Article2012

Sánchez-Salas J., Jurado E., Flores J., Estrada-Castillón E., Muro-Pérez G., Desert species adapted for dispersal and germination during floods: Experimental evidence in two Astrophytum species (Cactaceae), Flora, 2012, 207:707-711, doi: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.08.002

The experiment compares dispersal and germination of two Astrophytum species under flooding. It covers seed buoyancy and the significance of water transport of diaspores.

Physiology and anatomyGenusAstrophytum

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