The occurrence of extrafloral nectaries in Hong Kong plants

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-245

  So, May Ling ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Extrafloral nectaries; Hong Kong plants

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 4143066979     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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