Similarity is only skin-deep: The use of comparative plant anatomy as illustrated by a study of columnar cacti from Chile (Eulychnia and Echinopsis, Cactaceae)

Botanica Helvetica

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Nyffeler, Reto ^a,c   Eggli, Urs ^b  

^a Inst F Systematische Bot Univ   (Switzerland)

^b Sukkulenten Sammlung Zürich Grün Stadt Zürich   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Chile comparative stem anatomy; Echinopsis deserticola; Eulychnia iquiquensis; Plant identification

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; STEM; TAXONOMY;

CHILE;

ECHINOPSIS; ECHINOPSIS DESERTICOLA; EULYCHNIA; EULYCHNIA IQUIQUENSIS;

EID: 0034210370     PISSN: 02531453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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