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Features of the secondary xylem that facilitate branch abscission in juvenile Wollemia Nobili

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2008

Authors

Heady, Roger
Burrows, G E

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National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens

Abstract

Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) does not shed individual leaves but instead cleanly self-prunes the whole first-order branch with all the leaves still attached. A zone of stranded xylem at the branch base, the site of branch abscission, is described here

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Keywords: Wollemia nobilis Bordered pits; Branch abscission; Ray parenchyma cells; Self-pruning; Wollemi pine; Wollemia nobilis; Xylem

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/37779

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ANU Research Publications

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International Association Wood Anatomists Journal (IAWA)

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2037-12-31

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