Phylogenetic analysis and differentiation of Veronica subgenus Stenocarpon in the Balkan Peninsula

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 616-636

  Albach, Dirk C ^a   Von Sternburg, Maximilian ^a,b   Scalone, Romain ^a,c   Bardy, Katharina E ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP); Chalcone synthase intron; Glacial refugia; Internal transcribed spacer (ITS); Leaf morphology; Phylogeography; RpoB trnC spacer; TrnL trnL trnF region

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INTROGRESSION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REFUGIUM;

BALKANS; EURASIA;

VERONICA; VERONICA ERINOIDES; VERONICA SATUREJOIDES; VERONICA THESSALICA;

EID: 64349093010     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00958.x     Document Type: Article

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