The tropical flora of southern Yunnan, China, and its biogeographic affinities

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 661-680

  Hua, Zhu ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biogeographic affinity; Floristic composition; Southern Yunnan

Indexed keywords

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 58149474382     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2006081     Document Type: Article

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