A Taxonomic Account of Arecaceae in Vanuatu, with Descriptions of Three New Species

Australian Systematic Botany

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-60

  Dowe, John L ^a   Cabalion, Pierre ^b  

^a Townsville Botanic Gardens   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARYOTA OPHIOPELLIS; HETEROSPATHE UNIFORMIS; NEOVEITCHIA BRUNNEA; ARECACEAE;

ENDEMIC PLANT; TAXONOMY;

VANUATU;

EID: 0029662484     PISSN: 10301887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SB9960001     Document Type: Article

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