Austrobryonia (Cucurbitaceae), a new Australian endemic genus, is the closest living relative to the Eurasian and Mediterranean Bryonia and Ecballium

Systematic Botany

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-132

  Schaefer, Hanno ^a   Telford, Ian R H ^b   Renner, Susanne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia Eurasia disjunction; Molecular clock; Mukia micrantha

Indexed keywords

BRYONIA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; ECBALLIUM;

EID: 41849119919     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364408783887357     Document Type: Article

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