A re-evaluation of Queensland's wet tropics based on "primitive" Plants

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 80-86

  Metcalfe, D J ^a   Ford, A J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Gondwana; Near basal lineages; Primitive angiosperms; Rain forest

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; GONDWANA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 68649100034     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc090080     Document Type: Article

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