Molecular systematics of the genus Uvularia and selected liliales based upon matK and rbcL gene sequence data

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 129-146

  Hayashi, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Yoshida, Seiji ^c   Kato, Hidetoshi ^d   Utech, Frederick H ^e   Whigham, Dennis F ^f   Kawano, Shoichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Taishi Senior High School   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Clintonia; Disporum; Erythronium; Liliaceae; Liliales; matK; Medeola; Medeolacea e; Molecular systematics; rbcL; Uvularia; Uvulariaceae

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATICS;

CLINTONIA; CLINTONIA BOREALIS; COLCHICACEAE; DISPORUM; DISPORUM SESSILE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ERYTHRONIUM; ERYTHRONIUM JAPONICUM; LILIACEAE; LILIIFLORAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEDEOLA; MEDEOLA VIRGINIANA; UVULARIA; UVULARIA FLORIDANA; UVULARIA GRANDIFOLIA; UVULARIA PERFOLIATA; UVULARIA PUBERULA; UVULARIA SESSILIFOLIA;

EID: 0032467772     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.1998.tb00254.x     Document Type: Article

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