Vascular architecture of the monocot Cyperus involucratus Rottb. (Cyperaceae)

Robert W Korn1

  • 1Department of Biology, Bellarmine University, 2001 Newburg Rd., Louisville, 40205 USA.

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|January 14, 2016
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