Spatial genetic diversity and populational differentiation of Ternstroemia sylvatica (Ericales: Pentaphylacaceae) in

Hernán Alvarado-Sizzo1,2, Isolda Luna-Vega2, Edna Arévalo-Marín3

  • 1Jardín Etnobotánico y Museo de la Medicina Tradicional y Herbolaria - Centro INAH Morelos, Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

Plos One
|December 26, 2025
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