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dc.contributor.advisor | Robbertse, P.J. (Petrus Johannes), 1932- | |
dc.contributor.coadvisor | De Winter, B. | |
dc.contributor.postgraduate | Ellis, Roger Pearson | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-02T10:19:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-02T10:19:29Z | |
dc.date.created | 2021 | |
dc.date.issued | 1981 | |
dc.description | Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 1981. | |
dc.description.abstract | The large and economically important grass family is notoriously difficult to classify because the highly specialized and reduced flower necessitates the use of fine morphological distinctions for the separation of taxa. Fortunately leaf blade anatomy has proved to be an invaluable aid in the classification and identification of the Poaceae. This project was initiated primarily to increase our knowledge of the systematics of the grasses of southern Africa but with the secondary objective of serving as basic data for several applied biological disciplines. A brief outline of these objectives will be followed by a short explanation of the methodology adopted and of the layout and presentation of this thesis. | |
dc.description.availability | Unrestricted | |
dc.description.degree | PhD | |
dc.description.department | Plant Science | |
dc.identifier.citation | * | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82457 | |
dc.publisher | University of Pretoria | |
dc.rights | © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. | |
dc.subject | UCTD | |
dc.subject | Leaf blade anatomy | |
dc.title | Relevance of comparative leaf blade anatomy in taxonomic and functional research on the South African Poaceae. | |
dc.type | Thesis |