A generalized taxon concept

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-180

  Hall, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Classification; Fuzzy logic; Phenetics; Species concepts; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

TAXON CONCEPT; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030786713     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1997.0118     Document Type: Article

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