A molecular phylogenetic study of southern African Apiaceae

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1828-1847

  Calviño, Carolina I ^a,b   Tilney, Patricia M ^c   Van Wyk, Ben Erik ^c   Downie, Stephen R ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE BOTÁNICA DARWINION   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apiaceae; Apioideae; cpDNA rps16 intron; Phylogeny; rDNA ITS; Saniculoideae; Southern Africa; Woodiness

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANNESORHIZA; ANNESORHIZA CLADE; APIACEAE; APIALES; APIOIDEAE; ASTYDAMIA; HETEROMORPHEAE; LICHTENSTEINIA; MOLOPOSPERMUM; OREOFRAGA; SANICULOIDEAE;

EID: 34249706516     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.12.1828     Document Type: Article

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