Phylogeny of Apocynoideae and the APSA clade (Apocynaceae s.l.)

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 324-359

  Livshultz, Tatyana ^a,b   Middleton, David J ^c   Endress, Mary E ^d   Williams, Justin K ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Apocynoideae; APSA clade; Asclepiadaceae; Biogeography; Evolution; Molecular phylogenetics; Morphology; Periplocoideae; Systematics

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; APOCYNEAE; APOCYNOIDEAE; APOCYNUM; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; BAISSEA; ECHITEAE; MALOUETIEAE; MESECHITEAE; MOTANDRA; ONCINOTIS; PARSONSIA; PERIPLOCOIDEAE; SECAMONOIDEAE; TRACHELOSPERMUM; WRIGHTIEAE;

EID: 34447122244     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2007)94[324:POAATA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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