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General Morphological and Anatomical Adaptations in Halophytes

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This chapter reviews the major morphological and anatomical adaptations in halophytes. Many of them are to be found in investigated species, included in this study.

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Grigore, MN., Ivanescu, L., Toma, C. (2014). General Morphological and Anatomical Adaptations in Halophytes. In: Halophytes: An Integrative Anatomical Study. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05729-3_4

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