A new species of Hydnora (Hydnoraceae) from Southern Africa

Systematic Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Bolin, Jay F ^a,b   Maass, Erika ^c   Musselman, Lytton J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

holoparasite; Hydnora africana; Hydnora longicollis; Namibia; parasitic plant; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HYDNORA; HYDNORA AFRICANA; HYDNORACEAE;

EID: 79959535993     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364411X569453     Document Type: Article

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