Genome size variation in Macaronesian angiosperms: Forty percent of the Canarian endemic flora completed

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 215-238

  Suda, J ^a,b   Kyncl, T ^b   Jarolimova V ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C value; Canary Islands; Cx value; Endemic; Flow cytometry; Genome size; Macaronesia; Nuclear DNA content

Indexed keywords

ECHIUM; ECHIUM BONNETII; MACARONESIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SCILLA;

EID: 20844461007     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-004-0280-6     Document Type: Article

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