Phylogeny of the celastraceae inferred from phytochrome B gene sequence and morphology

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 313-325

  Simmons, Mark P ^a   Clevinger, Curtis C ^b,f   Savolainen, Vincent ^c   Archer, Robert H ^d   Mathews, Sarah ^e   Doyle, Jeff J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brexia; Celastraceae; Goupia; Hippocrateaceae; Nuclear gene family; Phylogeny; Phytochrome B; Plagiopteron

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001175839     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657021     Document Type: Article

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