Reflections on the taxonomy and distribution of medicinal flowers of Pakistan

SIDA, Contributions to Botany

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 357-368

  Athar, Mohammad ^a   Siddiqi, M Akmal ^b  

^a CA Dept of Food and Agriculture   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BORAGINACEAE; FABACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; ROSACEAE;

EID: 4444247068     PISSN: 00361488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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