Paedomorphosis, Secondary Woodiness, and Insular Woodiness in Plants

Botanical Review

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-490

  Dulin, Max W ^a   Kirchoff, Bruce K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/s12229-010-9057-5     Document Type: Article

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