Studies of Malagasy Eugenia (Myrtaceae) - I: Two new species from the Masoala Peninsula and generic transfers from Monimiastrum

Systematic Botany

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 343-348

  Snow, Neil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Eugenia; Madagascar; Myrtaceae; Systematics; Syzygium

Indexed keywords

MASOALA; MONIMIASTRUM; MYRTACEAE; PLINIA; SYZYGIUM;

EID: 45749147891     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364408784571491     Document Type: Article

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