The Linnaean system and its 250-year persistence

Botanical Review

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-78

  Schuh, Randall T ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0037625244     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0006-8101(2003)069[0059:TLSAIY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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