The history of the Portulaca oleracea aggregate in the Emilia-Romagna Po Plain (Italy) from the Roman Age to the present

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 622-634

  Danin, A ^a   Buldrini, F ^b   Bandini Mazzanti, M ^b   Bosi, G ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

archaeobotany; morphobiometry; Purslane; subfossil and modern seeds

Indexed keywords

CYPRIA; EMILIA; PORTULACA; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PORTULACACEAE;

EID: 84909601616     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2013.788098     Document Type: Article

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