A molecular phylogeny of scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 873-886

  Korall, Petra ^a,b,e   Conant, David S ^c   Metzgar, Jordan S ^a   Schneider, Harald ^d   Pryer, Kathleen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c LYNDON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alsophila; Cyathea; Cyatheaceae; Homopolymer; Hymenophyllopsis; rbcL accD IGS; Sphaeropteris; trnG tnrR IGS

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FERN; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALSOPHILA (FERN); CNEMIDARIA; CYATHEA; CYATHEACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPHAERA (FERN); HYMENOPHYLLOPSIS; SPHAEROPTERIS;

EID: 34347270550     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.5.873     Document Type: Article

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