A new species of Colletoecema (Rubiaceae) from southern Cameroon with a discussion of relationships among basal Rubioideae

Blumea: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-547

  Sonke B ^a   Dessein, S ^b   Taedoumg, H ^a   Groeninckx, I ^c   Robbrecht, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Colletoecema; Ngovayang massif; Rubiaceae; Rubioideae

Indexed keywords

COLLETOECEMA; COLLETOECEMA DEWEVREI; RUBIACEAE; RUBIOIDEAE;

EID: 61749094801     PISSN: 00065196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3767/000651908X607495     Document Type: Article

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