A new species of Xerophyta (Velloziaceae) from Madagascar

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 387-394

  McPherson, Gordon ^a   Van Der Werff, Henk ^a   Keating, Richard C ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VELLOZIACEAE; XEROPHYM; XEROPHYM CONNATA; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 0031462387     PISSN: 10553177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3391770     Document Type: Review

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