Multivariate analysis of morphological variation in Cineraria deltoidea (Asteraceae, Senecioneae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-521

  Cron, Glynis V ^a   Balkwill, Kevin ^a   Knox, Eric B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation; Cluster analysis; East African mountains; Gene flow; Principal coordinates analysis; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

ASTERACEAE; CINERARIA; SENECIONEAE;

EID: 34548243625     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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