Endemics of Mt. Mulanje: The endemic spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 11-26

  Strugnell, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Conservation; Endemism; Gymnosperms; Malawi; Mt. Mulanje; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0036909272     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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