Greener Journal of Biological Sciences

Taxonomic Studies on Telfairia occidentalis Hooker (Cucurbitaceae)

*¹Wahua, Chika; ²Eke, Redeem Chinazam; ³Nichodemus, Cornelius Onyidikachi

*¹Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, P.M.B.5323, NIGERIA.

*Email: chika.wahua@ uniport.edu. ng, Phone number: +2348064043448

² Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, P.M.B. 5323, NIGERIA. Email: redeemeke8@ gmail. com

³ Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, P.M.B. 5323, NIGERIA. Email: cornel4nic@ gmail. com

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