Adapted to the rain forest floor: A remarkable new dwarf Coffea (Rubiaceae) from Lower Guinea (tropical Africa)

Taxon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-47

  Stoffelen, Piet ^a   Robbrecht, Elmar ^b   Smets, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALYX; COFFEA; MAGNISTIPULA; RUBIACEAE; COFFEA HUMILIS; GOFFEA MAGNISTIPULA;

COFFEE; RAINFOREST;

CAMEROON, SOUTH CAMEROON PLATEAU; GABON, CHAILLI MASSIF; GABON, CRYSTAL MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030613114     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1224290     Document Type: Article

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