Morphotypes, varieties, or subspecies?: Genetic diversity and differentiation of four Saintpaulia (Gesneriaceae) morphotypes from the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-355

  Kolehmainen, Johanna ^a   Korpelainen, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

African violet; Conservation; Eastern Arc Mountains; Genetic fingerprinting; Gesneriaceae

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA; USAMBARA MOUNTAINS;

GESNERIACEAE; SAINTPAULIA;

EID: 44649164370     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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