A new species of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae) from Western Madagascar and its pollen morphology

Kew Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 901-909

  Wilkin, Paul ^a   Rakotonasolo, Franck ^b   Schols, Peter ^c   Furness, Carol A ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b Parc Bot Zoologique de Tsimbazaza   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA NAMOROKENSIS; DIOSCOREA SOSO; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 0036952162     PISSN: 00755974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4115720     Document Type: Article

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