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A study of the anatomy and physiology of nectaries: a translation of Gaston Bonnier’s seminal work (1878, Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France)

Pages 293-302 | Received 20 Sep 2017, Accepted 02 Oct 2017, Published online: 20 Oct 2017

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