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AN ILLUSTRATED GENERIC KEY AND UPDATED LIST OF THE GRASSES (POACEAE) OF BELIZE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2016

S. P. Sylvester
S. P. Sylvester*
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. E-mail: steven_sylvester@hotmail.com Department of Geography, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 10, D-35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Abstract

A generic key to 81 genera representing 255 naturally occurring species known from Belize is presented using easily distinguished characters and including illustrations of many of the genera. An up-to-date list of the grasses of Belize is also given.

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Belizechecklistdiagnostic keyGramineaeidentificationMesoamericasavannah

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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , March 2017 , pp. 33 - 75
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2016) 

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