Patterns of geophyte diversity and storage organ size in the winter-rainfall region of southern Africa

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-109

  Procheş, Şerban ^a   Cowling, Richard M ^a   Du Preez, Derek R ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bulbs; Cape Floristic Region; Geophytes; Namaqualand; Southern Africa; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; FYNBOS; GEOPHYTE; RAINFALL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WINTER;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ERIOSPERMUM; MORAEA; OXALIS;

EID: 13444302973     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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