Ethnobotanical studies on some pteridophytes of southern Nigeria

Economic Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-259

  Nwosu, Maria O ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Edible ferns; Fodder; Medicinal ferns; Pteridophytes; Southern Nigeria

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0036768516     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2002)056[0255:ESOSPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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