Gunnerales are sister to other core eudicots: Implications for the evolution of pentamery

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 461-470

  Soltis, Douglas E ^a   Senters, Anne E ^b   Zanis, Michael J ^b   Kim, Sangtae ^a   Thompson, James D ^a   Soltis, Pamela S ^c   Ronse De Craene, Louis P ^d   Endress, Peter K ^e   Farris, James S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eudicot; Gunnerales; Molecular phylogeny; Perianth merosity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ASTERIDS; BUXACEAE; CARYOPHYLLALES; CORE EUDICOTS; EMBRYOPHYTA; GUNNERACEAE; GUNNERALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYROTHAMNACEAE; PROTEALES; RANUNCULALES; ROSIDS; SANTALALES; SAXIFRAGALES; TROCHODENDRACEAE;

EID: 0842332041     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.3.461     Document Type: Article

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