The genus Borassus (Arecaceae) in West Africa, with a description of a new species from Burkina Faso

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 419-427

  Bayton, Ross P ^a,b   Ouédraogo, Amadé ^c   Guinko, Sita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Borasseae; Coryphoideae; Palm; Pollen

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARECACEAE; BORASSEAE; BORASSUS; BORASSUS AETHIOPUM; BORASSUS FLABELLIFER; CORYPHOIDEAE;

EID: 33645512395     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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