An integrated approach to identification and conservation of medicinal plants in the tropical forest - A Brazilian experience

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Di Stasi, Luiz Claudio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnopharmacology; Ex situ conservation; In situ conservation; Medicinal plants; Sustainable management; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844511750     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PGR200583     Document Type: Article

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