The Scilla plumbea puzzle - Present status of the genus Scilla sensu lato in southern Africa and description of Spetaea lachenaliiflora, a new genus and species of Massonieae (Hyacinthaceae)

Taxon

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-91

  Wetschnig, Wolfgang ^a   Pfosser, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chromosome numbers; Flora of southern Africa; Hyacinthaceae; Massonieae; Plastid DNA sequences; Scilla plumbea; Seed morphology; Spetaea lachenaliiflora

Indexed keywords

NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

DAUBENYA; HYACINTHACEAE; MERWILLA; SCILLA; SCILLA NATALENSIS; SCILLA PLUMBEA; SPETAEA; SPETAEA LACHENALIIFLORA;

EID: 0041762064     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3647303     Document Type: Article

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