A new species of Aeschynomene L. (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae) from a continental sand dune area in north-eastern Brazil

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 749-753

  Queiroz, Luciano P ^a   Cardoso, Domingos B O S ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bahia; Caatinga; Endemism

Indexed keywords

CAATINGA; DUNE; ENDEMISM; FRUIT; HERB; LEGUME; NEW SPECIES; RIVER BASIN; SHRUB;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SAO FRANCISCO BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

AESCHYNOMENE (ANGIOSPERM); FABACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE;

EID: 50849135177     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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