Evolutionary trends, major lineages, and new generic limits in the dioecious group of the tribe vanguerieae (rubiaceae): Insights into the evolution of functional dioecy

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-181

  Mouly, Arnaud ^a,b   Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G ^b   Lantz, Henrik ^b   Bremer, Birgitta ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bullockia; Canthium; Cyclophyllum; ETS; Functional dioecy; ITS; Peponidium; Pyrostria; Rubiaceae; Vanguerieae

Indexed keywords

CANTHIUM; CYCLOPHYLLUM; IXOROIDEAE; LEROYA; NEOLEROYA; PEPONIDIUM; PSEUDOPEPONIDIUM; PYROSTRIA; RUBIACEAE; SCYPHOCHLAMYS; VANGUERIEAE;

EID: 65949104815     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2006191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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