Two new species, Primulina multifida and P. pseudomollifolia (Gesneriaceae), from karst caves in Guangxi, China

Botanical Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-175

  Xu, Wei Bin ^a   Pan, Bo ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Peng, Ching I ^b   Chung, Kuo Fang ^c  

^a GUANGXI INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Karst cave; Limestone flora; New species; Phylogenetic analysis; Primulina mollifolia; Primulina multifida; Primulina pseudomollifolia; Primulina renifolia

Indexed keywords

GESNERIACEAE; PRIMULINA;

EID: 84863284470     PISSN: 1817406X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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