Genetic variation within and geographical relationships between four natural populations of Virgilia oroboides (tribe Podalyrieae: Fabaceae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-143

  Van Der Bank, Herman ^a   Van Wyk, Ben Erik ^a   Van Der Bank, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape legumes; Fabaceae; genetic distance; genetic diversity; geographical variation; protein electrophoresis; Virgilia oroboides

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; TREE;

FABACEAE; PODALYRIEAE; VIRGILIA OROBOIDES;

EID: 0030092685     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(95)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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