Lichenological studies in Puerto Rico: History and current status

Harvard Papers in Botany

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-101

  Mercado Diaz, Joel A ^a,b   Santiago Valentin, Eugenio ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean islands; history of botany; Lichenology; Puerto Rico; tropical lichens

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955699132     PISSN: 10434534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3100/025.015.0124     Document Type: Article

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