A phylogenetic analysis of Alyxieae (Apocynaceae) based on rbcL, matK, trnL intron, trnL-F spacer sequences, and morphological characters

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-35

  Endress, Mary E ^a   Van Der Ham, Raymond W J M ^b   Nilsson, Siwert ^j   Civeyrel, Laure ^c   Chase, Mark W ^d   Sennblad, Bengt ^e   Potgieter, Kurt ^f   Joseph, Jeffrey ^d   Powell, Martyn ^d   Lorence, David ^g   Zimmerman, Ylva Maria ^h   Albert, Victor A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Alyxieae; Apocynaceae; Classification; matK; Morphology; Phylogeny; Pollen; rbcL; Systematics; trnL; TrnL F

Indexed keywords

ALYXIA; ALYXIEAE; ANECHITES; APOCYNACEAE; ASPIDOSPERMA; CATHARANTHUS; CHILOCARPUS; KOPSIA; LEPINIA; LEPINIOPSIS; NEISOSPERMA; OCHROSIA; PLECTANEIA; PLUMERIEAE; PTERALYXIA; RAUVOLFIA; RAUVOLFIOIDEAE; THEVETIA; VALLESIA; VINCA;

EID: 33846064010     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[1:APAOAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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