How many species of seed plants are there?

Taxon

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 511-512

  Thorne, Robert F ^a  

^a RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0036697053     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1554864     Document Type: Review

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