Buzz-pollinated Dodecatheon originated from within the heterostylous Primula subgenus Auriculastrum (Primulaceae): A seven-region cpDNA phylogeny and its implications for floral evolution

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 926-942

  Mast, Austin R ^a,c   Feller, Danielle M S ^a,c   Kelso, Sylvia ^b   Conti, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Buzz pollination; Cortusa; Dodecatheon; Exaptation; Heterostyly; Primula subgenus Auriculastrum; Solanoid flowers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; FLORAL TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLINATION;

CORTUSA; DODECATHEON; PRIMULA; PRIMULA SUFFRUTESCENS; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 12444310377     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.6.926     Document Type: Article

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