Molecular phylogenetics of the dragon's blood Croton section Cyclostigma (Euphorbiaceae): A polyphyletic assemblage unraveled

Systematic Botany

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 360-374

  Riina, Ricarda ^a,b   Berry, Paul E ^b   van Ee, Benjamin W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflicting gene histories; ITS; Medicinal plants; Neotropics; Sangre de Drago; TrnL F

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 69149086992     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364409788606415     Document Type: Article

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