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Diversity And Distribution Of Nigerian Legumes (Fabaceae)
- 1. Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University Dutse, PMB 7156, Jigawa State, Nigeria & abubakar.bello@alumni.uct.ac.za; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3105-914X
- 2. Department of Biological Sciences, Federal University Dutse, PMB 7156, Jigawa State, Nigeria & mukhtarfb@yahoo.co.uk; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2004-1438
- 3. Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Institute of Biology, Leipzig University, Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany. & German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Bello, Abubakar, Mukhtar, Fatima Batul, Muellner-Riehl, Alexandra Nora (2021): Diversity And Distribution Of Nigerian Legumes (Fabaceae). Phytotaxa 480 (2): 103-124, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.480.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.480.2.1
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