What did the first cactus look like? An attempt to reconcile the morphological and molecular evidence

Taxon

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 493-499

  Griffith, M Patrick ^a  

^a RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

CACTACEAE;

EID: 3042616436     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4135628     Document Type: Review

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