ActKey: A Web-based interactive identification key program

Taxon

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1041-1046

  Brach, Anthony R ^a   Song, Hong ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ActKey; Computer assisted identification; Flora of China; Interactive key

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INTERNET; PLANT; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 32344450155     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25065490     Document Type: Article

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