Fruit and seed morphology in Galium L. (Rubiaceae) and its importance for taxonomic identification

Acta Botanica Croatica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Khalik, Kadry Abdel ^a   El Ghani, Monier Abd ^b   El Kordy, Ahmed ^a  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fruit; Galium; Morphology; Rubiaceae; Seed

Indexed keywords

GALIUM; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 43649086837     PISSN: 03650588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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