Biogeographic patterns in Mediterranean and Macaronesian species of Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) inferred from phylogenetic analyses of ITS sequences

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 724-734

  Vargas, Pablo ^a,b   Morton, Cynthia M ^a   Jury, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Real Jard n Bot nico   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeography; ITS data; Macaronesian species; Mediterranean species; Plant evolution; Saxifraga; Saxifraga globulifera; Saxifragaceae

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MACARONESIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

MACARONESIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA GLOBULIFERA; SAXIFRAGA REUTERIANA; SAXIFRAGACEAE;

EID: 0033301767     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656582     Document Type: Article

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