Enigmatic morphology of Djinga felicis (Podostemaceae - Podostemoideae), a badly known endemic from northwestern Cameroon

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-81

  Ghogue, Jean Paul ^a   Ameka, Gabriel K ^b   Grob, Valentin ^c   Huber, Konrad A ^c   Pfeifer, Evelin ^c   Rutishauser, Rolf ^c  

^a Herbier National du Cameroun   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Aquatic eudicots; Diagnostic characteristics; Endemism; Flattened roots; Genus delimitation; Leaf borne shoots; Non axillary branching; Pollen dyads; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; MORPHOLOGY; POLLEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PODOSTEMACEAE;

EID: 64949198384     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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