Reproductive biology of Corema album (L.) D. Don (Empetraceae) in the northwest Iberian Peninsula

Acta Botanica Gallica

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-128

  Guitián, Pablo ^a   Medrano, Mónica ^a   Rodríguez, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corema; Dioecious; Fruit set; Reproductive biology; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

COREMA; COREMA ALBUM; ERICACEAE;

EID: 0031372424     PISSN: 12538078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12538078.1997.10515759     Document Type: Article

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