A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of croton (euphorbiaceae s.s.) on jamaica including the description of croton jamaicensis , a new species of section eluteria

Systematic Botany

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-140

  Van Ee, Benjamin W ^a   Berry, Paul E ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Croton; Croton jamaicensis; Euphorbiaceae; Jamaica; Section Eluteria

Indexed keywords

CROTON; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 63449135760     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364409787602203     Document Type: Article

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