Intercontinental biogeography of subfamily Orontioideae (Symplocarpus, Lysichiton, and Orontium) of Araceae in eastern Asia and North America

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-165

  Nie, Ze Long ^a,b   Sun, Hang ^a   Li, Heng ^a   Wen, Jun ^c,d  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Araceae; Disjunction; Eastern Asia; Eastern North America; Lysichiton; Orontium; Symplocarpus; Western North America

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARACEAE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FAR EAST; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARACEAE; FAR EAST; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

ARACEAE; LYSICHITON; MYA; ORONTIOIDEAE; ORONTIUM; SYMPLOCARPUS;

EID: 33745257271     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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