Evolution

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Ontomorphogenese staudiger & strauchiger Vertreter der Gattung Paeonia L. : [1. P. tenuifolia] [2. P. lactiflora & P. obovata] [3. P. suffruticosa] [4. P. lutea & P. delavayi] [5. Lebensformen der Päonien und mögliche Wege ihrer strukturellen Evolution]

Ontomorphogenesis of herbaceous & shrubby representatives of the genus Paeonia L. [1. P. tenuifolia] [2. P. lactiflora & P. obovata] [3. P. suffruticosa] [4. P. lutea & P. delavayi] [5. Life forms of the paeonies and possible ways of their structural evolution , (in progress)]

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