The evolution of growth-forms in the Macaronesian genus Aeonium (Crassulaceae) inferred from chloroplast DNA RFLPs and morphology

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 351-363

  Mes, T H M ^a,b   'T Hart, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Aeonium; Chloroplast; Morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000050106     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00326.x     Document Type: Article

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