Chassalia petitiana (Rubiaceae - Psychotrieae), an overlooked epiphytic species hidden in the African canopy

Systematic Botany

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-322

  Piesschaert, Frederic ^a   Jansen, Steven ^a   Huysmans, Suzy ^a   Smets, Erik ^a   Robbrecht, Elmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHASSALIA; CHASSALIA PETITIANA; PSYCHOTRIA; PSYCHOTRIEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0032756205     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2419692     Document Type: Article

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