Kanakomyrtus (Myrtaceae): A new endemic genus from new Caledonia with linear stigma lobes and baccate fruits

Systematic Botany

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 330-344

  Snow, Neil ^a  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Kanakomyrtus; Myrtaceae; New Caledonia; Octamyrtus; Rhodomyrtus; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ARCHIRHODOMYRTUS; MYRTACEAE; RHODOMYRTUS;

EID: 69149098770     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364409788606253     Document Type: Article

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