Clonal diversity and distribution in Stenocereus eruca (Cactaceae), a narrow endemic cactus of the Sonoran Desert

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 272-278

  Clark Tapia, Ricardo ^a   Alfonso Corrado, Cecilia ^a   Eguiarte, Luis E ^a   Molina Freaner, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California; Cactaceae; Clonal diversity; RAPD; Sonoran Desert; Spatial genet structure; Stenocereus eruca

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; CLONE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENET; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CACTACEAE; ERUCA; GENETTA; STENOCEREUS; STENOCEREUS ERUCA;

EID: 13444274754     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.2.272     Document Type: Article

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