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Page 174
... species ) and economically . The present - day distribution of the family The four- Ebenaceae is largely pantropical . One - third of the species continent are found in Asia ( India , Indonesia , Indochina , and the distribu ...
... species ) and economically . The present - day distribution of the family The four- Ebenaceae is largely pantropical . One - third of the species continent are found in Asia ( India , Indonesia , Indochina , and the distribu ...
Page 178
... species exceeds 6,000 , and approximately 13,000 fossil species have been described . GENERAL FEATURES Structure . Echinoderms have a skeleton composed of numerous plates of mineral calcium carbonate ( calcite ) . Part of the body ...
... species exceeds 6,000 , and approximately 13,000 fossil species have been described . GENERAL FEATURES Structure . Echinoderms have a skeleton composed of numerous plates of mineral calcium carbonate ( calcite ) . Part of the body ...
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... species of the Ericaceae that have partly to wholly inferior ovaries is sometimes recognized . In any of these manipulations , however , the five " core families " noted above comprise some 2,200 species , or more than 80 percent of the ...
... species of the Ericaceae that have partly to wholly inferior ovaries is sometimes recognized . In any of these manipulations , however , the five " core families " noted above comprise some 2,200 species , or more than 80 percent of the ...
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