Leaf shape evolution in the South African genus Pelargonium l' hér. (Geraniaceae)

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 479-497

  Jones, Cynthia S ^a   Bakker, Freek T ^b,c   Schlichting, Carl D ^a   Nicotra, Adrienne B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^c Australian National University ^*  (Netherlands)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancestral character state reconstruction; Functional leaf size; Leaf evolution; Leaf venation; Xerophytic plants

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DNA; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PELARGONIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF;

BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION; PELARGONIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES;

GERANIACEAE; PELARGONIUM; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 58949087709     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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