Intra-individual variation of flowers in gunnera subgenus panke (gunneraceae) and proposed apomorphies for gunnerales

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-283

  González, Favio ^a   Angélica Bello, María ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early divergent eudicots; Evolution; Floral evolution; Flower development; Hydathodes; Inflorescence development; Myrothamnaceae; Myrothamnus

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; FLOWERING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CORE EUDICOTYLEDONS; GUNNERA; GUNNERACEAE; GUNNERALES; MYROTHAMNACEAE; MYROTHAMNUS;

EID: 68249085630     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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