MORPHOLOGICAL AND REPRODUCTIVE TRAIT-VARIABILITY OF A FOOD DECEPTIVE ORCHID, CEPHALANTHERA RUBRA ALONG DIFFERENT ALTITUDES
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied Ecology and Environmental Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1589-1623,1785-0037
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/1703_56195639