A new and unusual amphistomatic species of tibouchina (Melastomeae, melastomataceae) from Brazil

Phytotaxa

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 145-151

  Guimarães, Paulo José Fernandes ^a   Woodgyer, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mato grosso; Xingu state park

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957948234     PISSN: 11793155     EISSN: 11793163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.246.2.6     Document Type: Article

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