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Ecology of some neotropical hybrid pteridophytes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

Luis D. Gómez-P.
Luis D. Gómez-P.
Affiliation:
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Apartado 749-1000, San José, Costa Rica
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Synopsis

Information on the ecology of tropical hybrid pteridophytes is extremely scarce, and, indeed, a very small number of hybrids are known in these habitats.

Some questions and examples relating to this problem are posed, as seen in the New World tropics.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 86: The Biology of Pteridophytes , 1985 , pp. 347 - 351
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1985

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