An up-to-date familial and suprafamilial classification of succulent plants

Bradleya

Volumn 28, Issue , 2010, Pages 125-144

  Nyffeler, Reto ^a   Eggli, Urs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Grun Stadt Zurich   (Switzerland)

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EID: 79960359739     PISSN: 0265086X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25223/brad.n28.2010.a1     Document Type: Article

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