Modern approaches to floristics and their impact on the region of SW Asia

Turkish Journal of Botany

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 7-16

  Heywood, Vernon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic inventory; Euro+Med PlantBase; Floristics; Networking; SW Asia

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; INVENTORY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 1942473890     PISSN: 1300008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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