Four new species of mimosa (leguminosae) from the central highlands of Brazil

Systematic Botany

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-288

  Simon, Marcelo F ^a,b   Hughes, Colin E ^a   Harris, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Chapada dos Veadeiros; endemism; Mimosoideae

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; MIMOSA; MIMOSOIDEAE; PYCNOCOMA;

EID: 77954502230     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364410791638333     Document Type: Article

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