Monocotyledonous geophytes: Comparison of California with Victoria, Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-43

  Parsons, R F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOPHYTE; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

ALLIACEAE; CALOCHORTACEAE; LILIACEAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0034093496     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT98056     Document Type: Article

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