Usefulness and economic potential of the rare plants of the United States: A statistical survey

Economic Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-67

  Phillips, Oliver L ^a,b   Meilleur, Brien A ^a  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop species; Industrial economy; North America; Rare and endangered taxa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031946165     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02861295     Document Type: Article

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