Ecophysiology and distribution of the endemic leafless spurge Euphorbia aphylla and the introduced E. tirucalli (Euphorbiaceae, Euphorbia sect. Tirucalli) in the Canary Islands

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 27-36

  Mies, Bruno ^a   Jimenez, Maria Soledad ^b   Morales, Domingo ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CO2 gas exchange, carbon isotope ratio, CAM, speciation, ecology, Canary Islands; Euphorbiaceae, Euphorbia aphylla, E. tirucalli

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA APHYLLA; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI;

EID: 0029803709     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00985816     Document Type: Article

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