Searching for the taxonomic position of the African genus Colletoecema (Rubiaceae): Morphology and anatomy compared to an rps16-intron analysis of the Rubioideae

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 288-304

  Piesschaert, Frederic ^a   Andersson, Lennart ^b   Jansen, Steven ^a   Dessein, Steven ^a   Robbrecht, Elmar ^c   Smets, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Chloroplast DNA; Cladistics; Morphology; Psychotrieae; Rubioideae

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; ENDOSPERM; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GYNOECY; INTRON; POLLEN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; WOOD;

COLLETOECEMA; LASIANTHUS; MORINDEAE; OPHIORRHIZA; PSYCHOTRIEAE; RONABEA; RUBIACEAE; RUBIOIDEAE; SALDINIA; TRICHOSTACHYS;

EID: 0034089550     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b00-002     Document Type: Article

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