An extraordinary new rheophyte in the genus Leptactina (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae) from Rio Muni (Equatorial Guinea)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-113

  Sonké, Bonaventure ^a,b   Neuba, Danho ^b   Kenfack, David ^c,d   De Block, Petra ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c WWF Coastal Forest Program   (Cameroon)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Phytogeography; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DICOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; RIO MUNI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

LEPTACTINA; PAVETTEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 33846703416     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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