Phylogenetic analysis of the Madagascan Euphorbia subgenus Lacanthis based on its sequence data

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-259

  Haevermans, Thomas ^a   Hoffmann, Petra ^b   Lowry II, Porter P ^a,c   Labat, Jean Noël ^a   Randrianjohany, Emile ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d Centre National de Recherches Sur l'Environnement   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

5.8S; Euphorbia; Euphorbiaceae; Internal Transcribed Spacers; ITS1; ITS2; Lacanthis; Madagascar; Molecular phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA MILII VAR. SPLENDENS; EUPHORBIACEAE; KOEBERLINIA SPINOSA;

EID: 3242669003     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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