Tylophora anomala (Asclepiadaceae) - A cytologically anomalous species

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 255-263

  Meve, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asclepiadaceae; Chromosomes; Disjunction; Flower morphology; Mt Cameroon; Tylophora anomala; West and East Africa

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; TYLOPHORA; TYLOPHORA ANOMALA;

EID: 0008040597     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3668606     Document Type: Article

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