Phylogeography of the arctic-alpine Saxifraga oppositifolia (Saxifragaceae) and some related taxa based on cpDNA and ITS sequence variation

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 931-936

  Holderegger, Rolf ^a,b   Abbott, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contact zones; Intraspecific evolution; ITS; Lineage sorting; Long distance dispersal; Phylogeography, psbA trnH cpDNA; Saxifragaceae; Saxifrage oppositifolia

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DNA; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA AIZOIDES; SAXIFRAGA BIFLORA; SAXIFRAGA BLEPHAROPHYLLA; SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA; SAXIFRAGA SMALLIANA; SAXIFRAGACEAE;

EID: 0038348300     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.6.931     Document Type: Article

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