Richness, similarity and specificity of Madagascar flora compared with Sub-Saharan Africa

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-64

  Gautier, Laurent ^a   Chatelain, Cyrille ^a   Callmander, Martin W ^a,b   Phillipson, Peter B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; African Plant Database; Biogeography; Diversity; Madagascar; Similarity; Specific and generic richness; Specificity

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84862298218     PISSN: 20323913     EISSN: 20323921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.591     Document Type: Article

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