The taxonomy of Vaccinium section Myrtillus (Ericaceae)

Brittonia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-254

  Vander Kloet, S P ^a   Dickinson, T A ^b,c  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosystematics; Myrtillus; Numerical phenetics; Taxonomy; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CAESPITOSUM; VACCINIUM MEMBRANACEUM; VACCINIUM PARVIFOLIUM;

EID: 0032979013     PISSN: 0007196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2666632     Document Type: Article

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