Amborella not a "basal angiosperm"? Not so fast

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 997-1001

  Soltis, Douglas E ^a   Soltis, Pamela S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amborella; Angiosperm phylogeny; Basal angiosperms; Plastid DNA; Taxon sampling

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; PLASTID;

AMBORELLA; AMBORELLA TRICHOPODA; AUSTROBAILEYA; CALYCANTHUS; CODON (ANGIOSPERM); EMBRYOPHYTA; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIIDS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEA; ONCIDIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 4644250777     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.6.997     Document Type: Article

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