A Reappraisal of Acacia cowleana and Allied Taxa, Including the Description of a New Species, A. elachantha, from the Tropical Dry-zone of Australia

Australian Systematic Botany

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-320

  McDonald, M W ^a   Maslin, B R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA COWLEANA;

NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031396212     PISSN: 10301887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SB96018     Document Type: Article

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