Tribal relationships of Beesia, Eranthis and seven other genera of Ranunculaceae: Evidence from cytological characters

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-289

  Yuan, Qiong ^a   Yang, Qin Er ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Actaea; Calathodes; Caltha; Chromosome; Cimicifuga; Cimicifugeae; Helleboreae; Helleborus; Karyotype; Souliea; Systematics; Trollius

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; KARYOTYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACTAEA (ANGIOSPERM); ANEMONOPSIS; BEESIA; CALTHA; CIMICIFUGA; ERANTHIS; HELLEBORUS; MEGALERANTHIS; RANUNCULACEAE; SOULIEA; TROLLIUS; VERATRUM;

EID: 33646469633     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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