Evidence on the monophyly of Astragalus (Fabaceae) and its major subgroups based on nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS and chloroplast DNA trnL intron data

Systematic Botany

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-437

  Wojciechowski, Martin F ^b   Sanderson, Michael J ^a   Hu, Jer Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS ECHINATUS; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OXYTROPIS;

EID: 0032730727     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2419698     Document Type: Article

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