Infrageneric and sectional relationships in the genus Rhododendron (Ericaceae) inferred from ITS sequence data

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1351-1356

  Gao, Lian Ming ^a   Li, De Zhu ^a   Zhang, Chang Qin ^a   Yang, Jun Bo ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Infrageneric relationships; Internal transcribed spacer (ITS); Phylogeny; Rhododendron

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

BEJARIA; BEJARIA RACEMOSA; CASSIOPE FASTIGIATA; ERICACEAE; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON SEMIBARBATUM; THERORHODION;

EID: 0036868267     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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