Using checklists and collections data to investigate plant diversity: II. An analysis of five florulas from northeastern South America

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Volumn 154, Issue , 2005, Pages 29-37

  Clarke, H David ^a   Funk, V A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 16244387376     PISSN: 00973157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1635/0097-3157(2004)154[0029:UCACDT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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