The introduction of Citrus to Italy, with reference to the identification problems of seed remains

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 421-438

  Pagnoux, Clémence ^a   Celant, Alessandra ^b   Coubray, Sylvie ^c   Fiorentino, Girolamo ^d   Zech Matterne, Véronique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaic period; Citron; Lemon; Roman period; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ARIA; CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS MEDICA; CITRUS RETICULATA; CYDONIA OBLONGA; MALOIDEAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; SORBUS; SORBUS ARIA; SORBUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 84881070942     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-012-0389-4     Document Type: Article

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