The systematic value of nuclear DNA content in Galanthus

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 89-102

  Zonneveld, B J M ^a,c   Grimshaw, J M ^d   Davis, A P ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CITES; Conservation; DNA content; Flow cytometry; Galanthus

Indexed keywords

AMARYLLIDACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; GALANTHUS; GALANTHUS ALPINUS; GALANTHUS ELWESII; GALANTHUS GRACILIS; GALANTHUS KRASNOVII; GALANTHUS LAGODECHIANUS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; GALANTHUS PLATYPHYLLUS; GALANTHUS REGINAE-OLGAE; GALANTHUS RIZEHENSIS; GALANTHUS TRANSCAUCASICUS;

EID: 0242507496     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-003-0016-z     Document Type: Article

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