Rare and enigmatic genera (Dunnia, Schizocolea, Colletoecema), sisters to species-rich clades: Phylogeny and aspects of conservation biology in the coffee family

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-83

  Rydin, Catarina ^a,b   Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G ^b   Bremer, Birgitta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Rubiaceae; Rubioideae; sMolecular data

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RUBIACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; RUBIACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

COLLETOECEMA; DUNNIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PSYCHOTRIEAE; RUBIACEAE; RUBIOIDEAE; SPERMACOCEAE;

EID: 44949116893     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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