Molecular and morphological characterization of Crataegus L. species (Rosaceae) in southern Syria

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-263

  Albarouki, Emad ^a   Peterson, Angela ^b  

^a Sweida Research Centre   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybridization; Intergenic spacer; psbA trnH; trnL trnF

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; APOMIXIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; POLYPLOIDY; TAXONOMY;

AS SUWAYDA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS AZAROLUS; CRATAEGUS AZAROLUS VAR. ARONIA; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 33847388964     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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