Towards a monophyletic Licania: a new generic classification of the polyphyletic Neotropical genus Licania (Chrysobalanaceae)

Kew Bulletin

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Sothers, C A ^a   Prance, G T ^a   Chase, M W ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cordillera; Geobalanus; Hymenopus; Leptobalanus; Malpighiales; Microdesmia; Moquilea; Neotropical flora; Parinariopsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006356508     PISSN: 00755974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12225-016-9664-3     Document Type: Article

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