A cladistic analysis of ndhF sequences from representative species of Saintpaulia and Streptocarpus subgenera Streptocarpus and Streptocarpella (Gesneriaceae)

Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Smith, J F ^a   Kresge, M E ^a   Moller M ^b   Cronk, Q C B ^b,c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African violet; Cape primrose; Cladistic analysis; ndhF

Indexed keywords

GESNERIACEAE; PRIMULA; SAINTPAULIA; STREPTOCARPUS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0007010967     PISSN: 09604286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960428600004315     Document Type: Article

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