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Primitiae Florae Costaricensis: fasc. 1. Introduction. Quelques mots sur les plantae costaricenses exsiccatae. Liste alphabétique des localités explorées jusqu'au 31 décembre 1890. Lichenes, auctore dr J. Müller. Piperaceae, auctore Cas. de Candolle. Labiatae, auctore J. Briquet. Melastomaceae, auctore A. Cogniaux. Cucurbitaceae, auctore A. Cogniaux. Araliaceae, auctore E. Marchal. Leguminosae, auctore M. Micheli. Polygalaceae, auctore R. Chodot. fasc. 2. Introduction (suite) Musci, auctoribus F. Renauld et J. Cardot. Hepaticae, auctore F. Stephani. Compositae, auctore F. W. Klatt. fasc. 3. Lichenes, par J. Müller (2. énumération) Musci, par F. Re-

Théophile Durand

Published: 1891

Total Pages: 560


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