Ruellia saccata, a new species of acanthaceae from Bolivia

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Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-519

  Schmidt Lebuhn, Alexander N ^a   Tripp, Erin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthaceae; Andes; Bolivia; Hummingbird pollination; IUCN Red List; Ruellia; Ruellieae; Ruellioideae; South America

Indexed keywords

ACANTHACEAE; RUELLIA; RUELLIA BREVIFOLIA; RUELLIEAE;

EID: 73649117116     PISSN: 10553177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2008021     Document Type: Article

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