Toward a monophyletic Notholaena (Pteridaceae): Resolving patterns of evolutionary convergence in xeric-adapted ferns

Taxon

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 712-724

  Rothfels, Carl J ^a   Windham, Michael D ^a   Grusz, Amanda L ^a   Gastony, Gerald J ^b   Pryer, Kathleen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atpa; Cheilanthoids; Cheiloplecton; Ferns; Molecular phylogenetics; Morphological homoplasy; Paragymnopteris marantae; RbcL; TrnG trnR

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COMMON ANCESTRY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DESERT; FERN; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CHEILANTHES; CHEILOPLECTON; FILICOPHYTA; NOTHOLAENA; PTERIDACEAE;

EID: 52249124487     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.573005     Document Type: Article

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