Generic relationships and character evolution in Cyperus s.l. (Cyperaceae)

Systematics and Geography of Plants

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 539-544

  Muasya, A Muthama ^a,b   Simpson, David A ^a   Chase, Mark W ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anatomy; C3; C4; Cypereae; Embryo type; Morphology; Phylogeny; rbcL; trnL F

Indexed keywords

CYPERACEAE; CYPERUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0035784698     PISSN: 03039153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3668698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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