Evolution of floral characters in Gunnera (Gunneraceae)

Systematic Botany

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 671-688

  Ronse De Craene, Louis P ^a   Wanntorp, Livia ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Character evolution; Floral morphology; Petals; Phylogeny; Reductive pattern; Sepals

Indexed keywords

GUNNERA; GUNNERA HERTERI; GUNNERA MAGELLANICA; GUNNERA MANICATA; GUNNERA PERPENSA; GUNNERACEAE; MILLIGANIA;

EID: 33847722622     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364406779695951     Document Type: Article

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