Flora of New Zealand - Gramineae supplement I: Danthonioideae

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 771-795

  Connor, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chionochloa; Cortaderia; Cytology; Danthonioids; Geography; Grasses; New Zealand; Nomenclature; Pyrrhanthera; Rytidosperma; Taxonomy; Triterpene biosynthesis; Triterpene methyl ethers

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; GRASS; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

CHIONOCHLOA; CORTADERIA; DANTHONIOIDEAE; POACEAE; PYRRHANTHERA; RYTIDOSPERMA;

EID: 13444262574     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2004.9512930     Document Type: Article

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