Geographic patterns and environmental drivers of flower and leaf variation in an endemic legume of Southern Patagonia

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-25

  Paiaro, Valeria ^a   Oliva, Gabriel E ^b   Cocucci, Andrea A ^a   Sérsic, Alicia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anarthrophyllum desideratum; centre margin differentiation; clinal pattern; flower traits; geographic structure; leaf traits; precipitation; soil conditions; temperature

Indexed keywords

ANARTHROPHYLLUM DESIDERATUM;

EID: 84868256489     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2012.713403     Document Type: Article

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