Taxonomic application of foliar anatomy in grasses of tribe Eragrostideae (Poaceae) from salt range of Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2277-2284

  Ahmad, Farooq ^b   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Hameed, Mansoor ^b   Tareen, Rasool Bakhsh ^c   Zafar, Muhammad ^a   Jabeen, Asma ^d  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^d FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRACHNE RACEMOSA; DESMOSTACHYA BIPINNATA; ERAGROSTIDEAE; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS PAPPOSA; POACEAE;

EID: 80054737067     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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