Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the most recalcitrant clades in the angiosperm tree of life

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1551-1570

  Wurdack, Kenneth J ^a   Davis, Charles C ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centroplacaceae; Classification; Low copy nuclear gene; Malpighiales; Multigene analyses; Peridiscaceae; Rafflesiaceae; Rapid radiation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ANEULOPHUS; BHESA; CELASTRALES; CENTROPLACUS; CLUSIACEAE; CTENOLOPHONACEAE; ERYTHROXYLACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; HUACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALPIGHIALES; OXALIDALES; PERIDISCACEAE; PHYLLANTHACEAE; PICRODENDRACEAE; PLOIARIUM; RAFFLESIACEAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; ROSIDAE; SAXIFRAGALES;

EID: 69249202458     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800207     Document Type: Article

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