The taxonomic status and relationships of bracken ferns (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) from sub-Saharan Africa

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-321

  Thomson, John A ^a   Chikuni, Augustine C ^b,d   Mcmaster, Colin S ^c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^b National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi   (Malawi)

^c Chengelo School   (Zambia)

^d Royal Norwegian Embassy ^*  (Malawi)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Chloroplast haplotype; DNA fingerprinting; Morphometric; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

FERN; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DENNSTAEDTIACEAE; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 22044450633     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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