Biogeography of South-West Asian bryophytes - With special emphasis on the tropical element

Turkish Journal of Botany

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 433-446

  Kürschner, Harald ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chorology; Circum tethyan; Floral history; Liverworts; Mosses; Xerotherm pangaean

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 77949353655     PISSN: 1300008X     EISSN: 13036106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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