Origin and subdivision of Plagiochila (Jungermanniidae: Plagiochilaceae) in tropical Africa based on evidence from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences and morphology

Taxon

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 317-333

  Heinrichs, Jochen ^a   Lindner, Melanie ^a   Gradstein, S Robbert ^a   Groth, Henk ^a   Buchbender, Volker ^b   Solga, Andreas ^c   Fischer, Eberhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Universität Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; ITS; Molecular phylogeny; Phylogeography; Plagiochila; rps4

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENETICS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

JUNGERMANNIIDAE; PLAGIOCHILA; PLAGIOCHILA BORYANA; PLAGIOCHILACEAE;

EID: 21244487847     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25065360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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