The systematics of Knoxieae (Rubiaceae) - Molecular data and their taxonomic consequences

Taxon

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1051-1076

  Kårehed, Jesper ^a   Bremer, Birgitta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ITS; Key; Knoxieae; Phylogeny; rps16; Rubiaceae; Taxonomy; trnT F

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CARPHALEA; KNOXIA; PARATRIAINA; PENTANISIA; PENTAS; PLACOPODA; RUBIACEAE; TRIAINOLEPIS;

EID: 37749000800     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25065904     Document Type: Article

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