Flower morphology and pollination biology of some Clusia species from the Gran Sabana (Venezuela)

Kew Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 681-694

  Bittrich, V ^a   Amaral, Maria C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; CLUSIA; CLUSIACEAE;

EID: 0030449788     PISSN: 00755974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4119722     Document Type: Article

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