Endemism and evolution of the Macaronesian flora

Beyond Cladistics: The Branching of a Paradigm

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 101-124

  Carine, Mark A ^a   Santos Guerra, Arnoldo ^b   Guma, Rosana ^c   Reyes Betancort, J Alfredo ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b Jardín de Aclimatación de La Orotava ^*  (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO CANARIO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS   (Spain)

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