On the functional analysis of leaf anatomy of two wide-ranging forest species on Table Mountain (South Africa)

Biologia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-83

  Hlwatika, C N M ^a,b   Mckenzie, B ^a,b   Bhat, R B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cassine peragua; Leaf anatomy; Olea capensis subsp. Capensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006136518     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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