A new subspecies of Senecio mohavensis (Compositae) reveals old-new world species disjunction

Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 389-403

  Coleman, M ^a   Forbes, D G ^a   Abbott, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Long distance dispersal; Polyploidy; Senecio flavus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007476947     PISSN: 09604286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960428601000713     Document Type: Article

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