Toward a phylogenetic-based generic classification of neotropical lecythidaceae—I. Status of Bertholletia, Corythophora, Eschweilera and Lecythis

Phytotaxa

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 085-121

  Huang, Ya Yi ^a   Mori, Scott A ^b   Kelly, Lawrence M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERTHOLLETIA; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; CORYTHOPHORA; ESCHWEILERA; LECYTHIDACEAE; LECYTHIS; LECYTHIS CORRUGATA;

EID: 84931039958     PISSN: 11793155     EISSN: 11793163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.203.2.1     Document Type: Article

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