Fern phylogeny inferred from 400 leptosporangiate species and three plastid genes

Taxon

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1037-1050

  Schuettpelz, Eric ^a   Pryer, Kathleen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eupolypods; Leptosporangiates; Molecular systematics; Monilophytes; Phylogenetics; Polypods; Tree of life

Indexed keywords

FERN; GENE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 35348837919     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25065903     Document Type: Article

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