Genetic variation in floral traits of Echium vulgare

Oikos

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 515-522

  Klinkhamer, Peter G L ^a   Van Der Veen Van Wijk, Catharina A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORAGINACEAE; COROLLA; ECHIUM; ECHIUM VULGARE; ECHIUM VULGATE;

EID: 0033042383     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546700     Document Type: Article

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