Evaluating the taxonomic status of the globally rare Carex roanensis and allied species using morphology and amplified fragment length polymorphisms

Systematic Botany

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 525-535

  Smith, Tyler W ^a,b   Waterway, Marcia J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFLP; C. swanii; C. virescens; Carex aestivalis; Morphometrics; Species limits

Indexed keywords

CAREX AESTIVALIS; CAREX ROANENSIS;

EID: 49449110183     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364408785679824     Document Type: Article

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