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Time for change in taxonomy
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  • Published: 18 January 1990

Time for change in taxonomy

  • KÅRE BREMER1,
  • BIRGITTA BREMER2,
  • PEROLA KARIS3 &
  • …
  • MARI KÄLLERSJÖ3 

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  1. Uppsala University, Department of Systematic Botany, Box 541, S-75121, Uppsala, Sweden

    KÅRE BREMER

  2. University of Stockholm, Department of Botany, S-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

    BIRGITTA BREMER

  3. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Phanerogamic Botany, S-104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

    PEROLA KARIS & MARI KÄLLERSJÖ

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