A fascinating island: 2n = 4

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 711-726

  Ruffini Castiglione, Monica ^a   Cremonini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachyscome dichromosomatica; chromosome number; Colpodium versicolor; Haplopappus gracilis; karyotype; Ornithogalum tenuifolium; Rhynchospora tenuis; Zingeria biebersteiniana

Indexed keywords

BRACHYSCOME DICHROMOSOMATICA; COLPODIUM VERSICOLOR; DICOTYLEDONEAE; HAPLOPAPPUS; LILIOPSIDA; MACHAERANTHERA GRACILIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORNITHOGALUM; ORNITHOGALUM TENUIFOLIUM; RHYNCHOSPORA TENUIS; ZINGERIA BIEBERSTEINIANA;

EID: 84866450299     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2012.714806     Document Type: Article

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