Genetic variability in the federal threatened mead's milkweed, Asclepias meadii Torrey (Asclepiadaceae), as determined by allozyme electrophoresis

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-109

  Tecic, Diane L ^a,b   McBride, Jenny L ^c   Bowles, Marlin L ^c   Nickrent, Daniel L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Horseshoe Lake State Park   (United States)

^c MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCLEPIAS MEADII;

EID: 0031827636     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2992000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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