Phylogenetic relationships and ecological speciation in the mistletoe Tristerix (Loranthaceae): The influence of pollinators, dispersers, and hosts

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 558-567

  Amico, Guillermo C ^a,b   Vidal Russell, Romina ^b   Nickrent, Daniel L ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atpB rbcL; Chloroplast DNA; Loranthaceae; Paraphyletic species; Ribosomal DNA; South America; Sympatric speciation; trnL F region

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HOST; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLLINATOR; SHRUB; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

ANDES; CHILE; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

LORANTHACEAE; TRISTERIX; TRISTERIX APHYLLUS; TRISTERIX CORYMBOSUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 34250696644     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.4.558     Document Type: Article

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