Phylogeny and classification of Ranunculales: Evidence from four molecular loci and morphological data

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-110

  Wang, Wei ^a   Lu, An Ming ^a   Ren, Yi ^b   Endress, Mary E ^c   Chen, Zhi Duan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Combined molecular and morphological data; Diagnostic characters; Parsimony analysis; Phylogenetic relationships of Ranunculales

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

CALLIANTHEMUM; CIRCAEASTERACEAE; EUPTELEACEAE; GLAUCIDIUM (RANUNCULACEAE); HYPECOUM; LARDIZABALACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; PAPAVERACEAE; PTERIDOPHYLLUM; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULALES;

EID: 64449086091     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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