Phylogenetic relationships of Theobroma and Herrania (Sterculiaceae) based on sequences of the nuclear gene Vicilin

Systematic Botany

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 128-138

  Whitlock, Barbara A ^a   Baum, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; HERRANIA; MALVACEAE; THEOBROMA;

EID: 0032839901     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2419544     Document Type: Article

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