Coding quantitative character data for phylogenetic analysis: A comparison of five methods

Systematic Botany

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 302-309

  Garcia Cruz, Javier ^a   Sosa, Victoria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Character coding; Gap coding; Gap weighting; Govenia; Orchidaceae; Quantitative characters

Indexed keywords

GOVENIA; GOVENIA SUPERBA;

EID: 33745493619     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 03636445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364406777585739     Document Type: Article

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