THE EVOLUTION OF INFLORESCENCE SIZE IN ASCLEPIAS (ASCLEPIADACEAE).

Evolution

Department of Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution, Vivarium Building, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, 61820.

Published: September 1977

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