Reproductive structures and systematics of Buxaceae

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-228

  Von Balthazar, Maria ^a   Endress, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basal eudicots; Buxus; Floral evolution; Floral morphology and anatomy; Notobuxus; Pachysandra; Phylogenetics; Pollination; Sarcococca; Styloceras

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

BUXUS; NOTOBUXUS; PACHYSANDRA; SARCOCOCCA; STYLOCERAS;

EID: 0036851363     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2002.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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