A monograph of the betel nut palms (Areca: Arecaceae) of East Malesia

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-173

  Heatubun, Charlie D ^a,b   Dransfield, John ^b   Flynn, Thomas ^c   Tjitrosoedirdjo, Sri S ^d   Mogea, Johanis P ^e   Baker, William J ^b  

^a Faculty of Forestry   (Indonesia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Palmae; Species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MONOCOTYLEDON; NOMENCLATURE; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; WILD POPULATION;

MALAY PENINSULA;

ARECA; ARECACEAE; PHYTELEPHAS; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 84855818697     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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