Flowering Plants. Dicotyledons
โ Scribed by Klaus Kubitzki, Clemens Bayer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 216
- Series
- The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This encyclopedia contains a comprehensive treatment of the taxonomy of the families and genera of ferns and seed plants. The present volume, the fifth in this series, deals with three major groups of dicotyledons, the Capparales, Malvales, and Non-betalain Caryophyllales.
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