Phylogenetic relationships based on morphology among the Diospyros (Ebenaceae) species endemic to the Mascarene Islands

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-313

  Venkatasamy, Shadila ^a   Khittoo, Govindranathsing ^a   Nowbuth, Prakash ^a   Vencatasamy, Dass Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Mauritius; Reunion; Rodrigues; Systematics

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; MIGRATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS; REUNION; RODRIGUEZ ISLAND;

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS LEUCOMELAS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; EBENACEAE;

EID: 33646473436     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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