Phylogenetic relationships in the monocot order Commelinales, with a focus on Philydraceae

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 719-731

  Saarela, Jeffery M ^a,c   Prentis, Peter J ^b   Rai, Hardeep S ^a,d   Graham, Sean W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Commelinid monocots; Hanguana; Orthothylax; Photosystem II genes; Plastid genome

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; SURVEY; TAXONOMY;

COMMELINACEAE; COMMELINALES; COMMELINIDS; HAEMODORACEAE; HANGUANA; HANGUANACEAE; HELMHOLTZIA; LILIOPSIDA; PHILYDRACEAE; PHILYDRELLA; PHILYDRUM; PONTEDERIACEAE;

EID: 47649090803     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-063     Document Type: Article

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