Cyathea planadae, a Remarkable New Creeping Tree Fern from Colombia, South America

American Fern Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 49-59

  Arens, Nan Crystal ^a   Smith, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYATHEA; FILICOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0009866120     PISSN: 00028444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1547224     Document Type: Article

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