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Information concerning typical features of families whose names starting with the letter ‘L’ is provided. Besides, important economic plants with notes on the larger genera are provided and, also, photographic pictures and line drawings.
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Keller, R. (2023). Lamiaceae to Lythraceae. In: A Field Guide to Tropical Plant Families. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05942-1_19
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