Global conservation status assessment of the threatened aquatic plant genus Baldellia (Alismataceae): Challenges and limitations

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2307-2325

  Kozlowski, Gregor ^a   Rion, Stéphanie ^a   Python, André ^a   Riedo, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophyte; Conservation priority; Linnean shortfall; Red list; Wallacean shortfall

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITIZATION; TAXONOMY;

ALISMATACEAE; BALDELLIA; BALDELLIA RANUNCULOIDES; GABAZA;

EID: 70350620836     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9589-3     Document Type: Article

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