The identity of the African firebush (Hamelia) in the ornamental nursery trade

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1224-1226

  Elias, Thomas S ^a   Pooler, Margaret R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Amplified fragment length polymorphism; Rubiaceae; Scarlet bush; Taxonomy; Tropical shrub

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DNA; PLANTS (BOTANY);

NEOTROPICAL SHRUBS; ORNAMENTAL PLANTS; TAXON;

CROPS;

CULTIVATION; FLOWERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; SHRUBS;

CROTON LUCIDUS; HAMELIA; HAMELIA PATENS; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 5444268032     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.6.1224     Document Type: Article

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