Species concepts and ecogeographical divergence of oncocyclus irises

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue , 2002, Pages 119-127

  Sapir, Yuval ^a   Shmida, Avi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES CONCEPT; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0036962907     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/DJXH-QX0M-5P0H-DLMW     Document Type: Article

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