The demise of subfamily Hydrocotyloideae (Apiaceae) and the re-alignment of its genera across the entire order Apiales

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-151

  Nicolas, Antoine N ^a   Plunkett, Gregory M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apiaceae; Apiales; Araliaceae; Azorelloideae; Hydrocotyloideae; Mackinlayoideae; rpl16; trnD trnT

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

APIALES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

APIACEAE; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APIACEAE; APIALES; APIOIDEAE; ARALIACEAE; AZORELLA; AZORELLOIDEAE; HYDROCOTYLE; LICHTENSTEINIA; MACKINLAYOIDEAE; PLATYSACE; SANICULOIDEAE; SCHIZEILEMA;

EID: 67949097254     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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