Resolving "Nyffeler's puzzle" - The intriguing taxonomic position of Blossfeldia

Haseltonia

Volumn , Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3-10

  Butterworth, Charles A ^a  

^a DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blossfeldieae; Cactoideae; rpoC1 intron; Tribal classification

Indexed keywords

BLOSSFELDIA; BLOSSFELDIA LILIPUTANA; BLOSSFELDIEAE; CACTOIDEAE; NOTOCACTEAE; PARODIA MICROSPERMA;

EID: 33847051680     PISSN: 10700048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2985/1070-0048(2006)12[3:rnpitp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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