Cynanchum - Rhodostegiella - Vincetoxicum - Tylophora (Asclepiadaceae): New considerations on an old problem

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Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-211

  Liede, Sigrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 0000496243     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1224660     Document Type: Article

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