The plant tree of life: An overview and some points of view

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1437-1445

  Palmer, Jeffrey D ^a   Soltis, Douglas E ^b   Chase, Mark W ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Endosymbiosis; Gnepines hypothesis; Land plants; Phylogeny; Plastids

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; THUJA;

EID: 17844393939     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.10.1437     Document Type: Review

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