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Two new Marquesan species of the southeastern Polynesian genus Oparanthus (Asteraceae, Coreopsidinae)

Warren L Wagner1, David H Lorence

  • 1Department of Botany, MRC-166, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012.

Phytokeys
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AsteraceaeFrench PolynesiaMarquesas IslandsOparanthusconservation

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