Pleistocene and pre-Pleistocene Begonia speciation in Africa

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 449-461

  Plana, Vanessa ^a   Gascoigne, Angus ^b   Forrest, Laura L ^c   Harris, David ^a   Pennington, R Toby ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CP 289 ^*  (Sao Tome and Principe)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEGONIA; BEGONIA BACCATA; BEGONIA COMORENSIS; BEGONIA IUCUNDA; BEGONIA LONGIPETIOLATA; BEGONIA MOLLERI; BEGONIA SALAZIENSIS; BEGONIA SUBALPESTRIS; BEGONIA THOMEANA;

EID: 1942517835     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.08.023     Document Type: Article

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