South African fireweed Senecio madagascariensis (Asteraceae) in Argentina: Relevance of chromosome studies to its systematics

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 613-620

  López, Mariana G ^a   Wulff, Arturo F ^a   Poggio, Lidia ^a   Xifreda, Cecilia C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Basic chromosome number; Hybridization; Karyotype; Meiotic analysis; Polyploidy; Secondary association of bivalents; Senecio inaequidens

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; KARYOTYPE; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLEN; POLYPLOIDY; TAXONOMY; WEED;

AFRICA; ARGENTINA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ASTERACEAE; BASSIA SCOPARIA; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; SENECIO; SENECIO INAEQUIDENS; SENECIO MADAGASCARIENSIS;

EID: 57649200424     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00865.x     Document Type: Article

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