A new native family and new endemic species for the flora of New Caledonia: Patersonia neocaledonica sp. nov. (Iridaceae, Patersonioideae), from the Mount Humboldt massif

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Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-208

  Goldblatt, Peter ^a   Manning, John C ^b   Munzinger, Jérôme ^c,d   Lowry II, Porter P ^a,e  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Iridaceae; Maquis; New species; Patersonia; Patersonioideae

Indexed keywords

IRIDACEAE; PATERSONIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 84857893168     PISSN: 12808571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/a2011n2a4     Document Type: Article

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