Taxonomy and conservation of medicinal plants in canal-irrigated areas of Punjab, Pakistan

SIDA, Contributions to Botany

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 593-606

  Akbar, Khalid Farooq ^a   Athar, Mohammad ^b  

^a Government Post Graduate College   (Pakistan)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canal irrigation; Conservation; Medicinal plants; Pakistan; Pharmaceutical uses; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

APIACEAE; APIALES; ASTERACEAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; POACEAE; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 33750547068     PISSN: 00361488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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