Uniqueness of the endangered Florida Semaphore Cactus (Opuntia corallicola)

SIDA, Contributions to Botany

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 527-534

  Austin, Daniel F ^a   Binninger, David M ^a   Pinkava, Donald J ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM; OPUNTIA CORALLICOLA; OPUNTIA MILLSPAUGHII; OPUNTIA RUBESCENS; OPUNTIA SPINOSISSIMA;

EID: 0032426095     PISSN: 00361488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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