Chromosome studies in the grass subfamily Chloridoideae. I. Basic chromosome numbers

Taxon

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 557-566

  Roodt, Rouvay ^a   Spies, Johan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chromosome numbers; Evolution; Poaceae; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; GRASS;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

CHLORIDOIDEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; PANICOIDEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0242307152     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3647454     Document Type: Article

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