Taxonomy and conservation: A case study from Chamaedorea alternans

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 755-763

  Bacon, Christine D ^a   Bailey, C Donovan ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Arecaceae; Chamaedorea alternans; Chamaedorea tepejilote; Conservation; Endemics; Los Tuxtlas; Mexico; Palmae; Species boundaries

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARECACEAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ARECACEAE; CHAMAEDOREA; CHAMAEDOREA ALTERNANS; CHAMAEDOREA TEPEJILOTE;

EID: 33749585234     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl158     Document Type: Article

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