Merxmuellera cincta subsp. sericea (Poaceae), a new subspecies from the Eastern Cape, South Africa

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 104-109

  Barker, Nigel P ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cytology; Floral morphology; Leaf anatomy; Merxmuellera phenetics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MERXMUELLERA CINCTA;

EID: 0032896621     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30947-9     Document Type: Article

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