Floral ontogenetic evidence in support of the Willdenowia clade of South African Restionaceae

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-342

  Ronse Decraene, Louis P ^a   Linder, Peter H ^b,c   Smets, Erik F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Floral ontogeny; Gynoecium; Reductive trends; Restionaceae; Willdenowia clade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035604758     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013995     Document Type: Article

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