Diversification rates in a temperate legume clade: Are there "so many species" of Astragalus (Fabaceae)?

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1488-1502

  Sanderson, Michael J ^a   Wojciechowski, Martin F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Astragalus; Diversification rate; Fabaceae, phylogeny; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS; FABACEAE;

DIVERSIFICATION RATE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0030301528     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446103     Document Type: Article

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