Water or dry land − that is not a question for amphibious plant species

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Review

Issue		Int. J. Lim. Volume 61, 2025


Article Number		1
Number of page(s)		11
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2024025
Published online		09 January 2025

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