A Cladistic Analysis of Adelobotrys (Melastomataceae) Based on Morphology, with Notes on Generic Limits within the Tribe Merianieae

Systematic Botany

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 738-756

  Schulman, Leif ^a,b   Hyvönen, Jaakko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADELOBOTRYS; AXINAEA; GRAFFENRIEDA; HUBERIA; MALPIGHIA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MERIANIA; PTERNANDRA;

EID: 0344961880     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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