Molecular phylogenetics of Limonium and related genera (Plumbaginaceae): Biogeographical and systematic implications

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1189-1198

  Lledó, M Dolores ^a   Crespo, Manuel B ^b   Fay, Michael F ^a   Chase, Mark W ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Canary Islands; Limonium; Messinian; Molecular phylogenetics; Nonparametric rate smoothing (NPRS); Plumbaginaceae; rbcL; trnL intron; trnL F spacer

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

AFROLIMON; LIMONIUM; LIMONIUM VULGARE; PLUMBAGINACEAE;

EID: 21344468608     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.7.1189     Document Type: Article

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