Morphological Variation within the Boronia grandisepala Group (Rutaceae) and the Description of Nine Taxa Endemic to the Northern Territory, Australia

Australian Systematic Botany

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-302

  Duretto, Marco F ^a,b   Ladiges, Pauline Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORONIA; BORONIA GRANDISEPALA; CALYX; COROLLA; RUTACEAE; BORONIA AMPLECTENS; BORONIA GRANDISEPALA ACANTHOPHIDA; BORONIA LAXA; BORONIA PROLIXA; BORONIA QUADRILATA; BORONIA SUBEROSA; BORONIA VERECUNDA; BORONIA VIRIDIFLORA; BORONIA XANTHASTRUM; VALVATAE;

ENDEMIC PLANT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 0031466561     PISSN: 10301887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SB96006     Document Type: Article

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