Untangling the West Indian dioscoreaceae: New combinations, lectotypification and synonymy

Phytotaxa

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 26-48

  Raz, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Dioscorea; Dioscoreaceae; Lectotypification; New combinations; Nomenclature; Rajania; West Indies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964797348     PISSN: 11793155     EISSN: 11793163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.258.1.2     Document Type: Article

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