Character variation and a cladistic analysis of the genus lachenalia jacq. f. ex murray (hyacinthaceae)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 673, Issue , 2005, Pages 113-120

  Duncan, G D ^a   Edwards, T J ^b   Mitchell, A ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lachenalia; Morphology; Paraphyly; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751332412     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.673.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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