Pollen morphology of four endemic species of Pedicularis l. From alpine zone of the deosai plateau, himalayan range

Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Bano, Abida ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Zafar, Muhammad ^a   Sultana, Shazia ^a   Ullah, Zahid ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Deosai plateau; Pedicularis L; Pollen morphology; SEM analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867757585     PISSN: 10282092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bjpt.v19i1.10935     Document Type: Article

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