Reproductive biology of the holoparasitic endophyte Bdallophyton bambusarum (Rafflesiaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-247

  García Franco, José G ^a   Rico Gray, Victor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bursera simaruba; Mexico; parasitic plants; sapromyophily; subdeciduous tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BDALLOPHYTON; BDALLOPHYTON BAMBUSARUM; BURSERA SIMARUBA; BURSERACEAE; DIPTERA; PECKIA; RAFFLESIACEAE; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SIMARUBA;

EID: 0343580523     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1996.0085     Document Type: Article

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