Description of four new species of Monodora and Isolona (Annonaceae) from Tanzania and an overview of Tanzanian Annonaceae diversity

Adansonia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-266

  Couvreur, Thomas L P ^a   Gereau, Roy E ^b   Wieringa, Jan J ^a   Richardson, James E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annonaceae; Diversity; Isolona; Monodora; New species; Pollen; Tanzania; Tectum structure

Indexed keywords

ANNONACEAE; ISOLONA; MONODORA;

EID: 33846421612     PISSN: 12808571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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