Five new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from New Guinea

Harvard Papers in Botany

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-136

  Snow, Neil ^a   Craven, Lyn A ^b  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Myrteceae; PapuaNew Guinea; plant conservation; Syzygium

Indexed keywords

MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIUM;

EID: 77955693135     PISSN: 10434534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3100/025.015.0105     Document Type: Article

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