Phylogeny and historical biogeography of geraniaceae in relation to climate changes and pollination ecology

Systematic Botany

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-342

  Fiz, Omar ^a   Vargas, Pablo ^a   Alarcón, Marisa ^a   Aedo, Carlos ^a   García, José Luis ^a   Aldasoro, Juan José ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autocompatibility; Dispersal vicariance; Drought tolerance; Molecular dating; Nectaries; P O indexes

Indexed keywords

ERODIUM; GERANIACEAE; HYPSEOCHARITACEAE; MONSONIA; PELARGONIUM;

EID: 45749118420     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364408784571482     Document Type: Article

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