Endemism and sexual systems in the evergreen tree flora of the Western Ghats, India

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 559-565

  Krishnan, Rani M ^a,b   Ramesh, B R ^a  

^a FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endemism; Evergreen forest trees; India; Sexual systems; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ENDEMISM; EVERGREEN FOREST; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TREE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANNONACEAE; ARECACEAE; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTACEAE; PODOCARPACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 28144462821     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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