Molecular reappraisal of relationships between Crataegus and Mespilus (Rosaceae, Pyreae) - Two genera or one?

Systematic Botany

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 596-616

  Lo, Eugenia Y Y ^a   Stefanović, Saša ^a   Dickinson, Timothy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crataegus; Generic delimitation; Hybrid origin; Mespilus; Molecular data; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS BRACHYACANTHA; MESPILUS; MESPILUS CANESCENS; MESPILUS GERMANICA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 35848930580     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364407782250562     Document Type: Article

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