Four new species of the Didymopanax group of Schefflera (Araliaceae) from the Brazilian Amazon

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Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-286

  Fiaschi, Pedro ^a   Frodin, David G ^b,c   Plunkett, Gregory M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c Chelsea Physic Garden   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon; Araliaceae; Brazil; Didymopanax; Schefflera; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARALIACEAE; CILIOPHORA; DIDYMOPANAX; SCHEFFLERA;

EID: 51749118000     PISSN: 0007196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12228-008-9025-0     Document Type: Article

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