Cytological studies on Primulina taxa (Gesneriaceae) from limestone karsts in Guangxi province, China

Caryologia

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-303

  Liu, Ruirui ^a,b   Pan, Bo ^c   Zhou, Taijiu ^c   Liao, Jingping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GUANGXI INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Chromosome number; Limestone karsts; Polyploidy; Primulina; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874248893     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2012.752920     Document Type: Article

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