Towards a working list of all known plant species

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 359, Issue 1444, 2004, Pages 681-687

  Lughadha, Eimear Nic ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Checklist; Index; Names; Nomenclator; Plants; Synonymy

Indexed keywords

BOTANY; FLORA; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 1942423754     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1446     Document Type: Review

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