Phylogenetic relationships of Asian Begonia, with an emphasis on the evolution of rain-ballist and animal dispersal mechanisms in sections Platycentrum, Sphenanthera and Leprosae

Systematic Botany

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 327-336

  Tebbitt, Mark C ^a   Lowe Forrest, Laura ^b,d   Santoriello, Anthony ^c   Clement, Wendy L ^c,e   Swensen, Susan M ^c  

^a Brooklyn Botanical Garden   (United States)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Begonia; Dispersal; Fruit morphology; ITS; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BEGONIA; PLATYCENTRUM;

EID: 33745481479     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 03636445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364406777585784     Document Type: Article

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