The HedyotisOldenlandiaKohautia complex (Rubiaceae) in Nepal: A study of fruit, seed and pollen characters and their taxonomic significance

Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-390

  Neupane, S ^a,b   Dessein, S ^c   Motley, T J ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hedyotis; Kohautia; Morphology; Oldenlandia; Palynology; Plant systematics; Rubiaceae; Seed; Spermacoceae; Taxonomy; Typification

Indexed keywords

HEDYOTIS; KOHAUTIA; OLDENLANDIA; RUBIACEAE; SPERMACOCEAE;

EID: 75349088428     PISSN: 09604286     EISSN: 14740036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960428609990035     Document Type: Article

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