The Simen Mountains (Ethiopia): Comments on plant biodiversity, endemism, phytogeographical affinities and historical aspects

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 975-991

  Puff, Christian ^a   Nemomissa, Sileshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Afroalpine; Ericaceous belt; W.G. Schimper; Ethiopia; Simien; Semen; Ethiopian endemics; afromontane; Semien

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA WALIE; CHLOROPHYTUM; CHLOROPHYTUM TETRAPHYLLUM; CRYPTOPODIUM; DIANTHUS; DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS; DIANTHUS LONGIGLUMIS; ERICA; GALIUM; GALIUM SIMENSE; HALLERIA; HALLERIA LUCIDA; LOBELIA; LOBELIA RHYNCHOPETALUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAYTENUS; MAYTENUS CORTII; POLYSCIAS; POLYSCIAS FARINOSA; PSYCHOTRIA; PSYCHOTRIA OROPHILA; ROSULARIA; ROSULARIA SEMIENSIS; STERCULIA; STERCULIA SETIGERA; STEREOSPERMUM; STEREOSPERMUM KUNTHIANUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM CRYPTOPODIUM; WALIA IBEX;

EID: 0035784441     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3668732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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