Phylogeny and evolution of ferns (monilophytes) with a focus on the early leptosporangiate divergences

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1582-1598

  Pryer, Kathleen M ^a   Schuettpelz, Eric ^a   Wolf, Paul G ^b   Schneider, Harald ^a,c   Smith, Alan R ^d   Cranfill, Raymond ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Divergence time estimates; Ferns; Fossil record; Molecular systematics; Monilophytes; Penalized likelihood; Vascular plant evolution

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; FERN; PHYLOGENY;

DIPTERIDACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; GLEICHENIACEAE; HYMENOPHYLLACEAE; MATONIACEAE; OSMUNDACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 23744507531     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.10.1582     Document Type: Article

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