Circumscription of myrtales and their relationships to other rosids: Evidence from rbcL sequence data

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-233

  Conti, Elena ^a,c   Litt, Amy ^b   Sytsma, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Myrtales; rbcL sequence data; Rosidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030061250     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445942     Document Type: Article

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