A survey of the reproductive biology of the Myrtoideae (Myrtaceae)

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 480-503

  Nic Lughadha, E ^a   Proenca C ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; APOIDEA; AVES; BOMBINAE; MAMMALIA; MELIPONINAE; MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIUM;

EID: 13144295046     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2399990     Document Type: Article

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