Plant taxonomy and biosystematics - Does DNA provide all the answers?

Taxon

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 999-1007

  Stace, Clive A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Festuca; Homoplasy; Hybridisation; Lateral transfer; Molecular systematics; Monophyly; Phylogeny; Polyploidy; Psilurus; Vulpia

Indexed keywords

BOTANY; DNA; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

FESTUCA; POACEAE; PSILURUS; VULPIA;

EID: 32344439372     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25065484     Document Type: Article

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