Phylogenetic analyses and perianth evolution in basal angiosperms

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-150

  Zanis, Michael J ^a   Soltis, Pamela S ^b   Qiu, Yin Long ^c   Zimmer, Elizabeth ^d   Soltis, Douglas E ^e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal angiosperms; Floral evolution; Merosliy; Perianth; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMBORELLA; AMBORELLACEAE; AUSTROBAILEYACEAE; AUSTROBAILEYALES; CANELLALES; CERATOPHYLLACEAE; CHLORANTHACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; LAURALES; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEACEAE; PIPERALES; SCHISANDRACEAE; TRIMENIACEAE;

EID: 0013058163     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3298579     Document Type: Article

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