Population structure and phylogeography of the mistletoes Tristerix corymbosus and T. aphyllus (Loranthaceae) using chloroplast DNA sequence variation

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1571-1580

  Amico, Guillermo C ^a,b   Nickrent, Daniel L ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

atpB rbcL spacer; cpDNA; Glacial refugia; Historical biogeography; Host; Loranthaceae; Parasitic plants; Seed dispersal; South America; Tristerix

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHLOROPLAST; CLADISTICS; DICOTYLEDON; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITIC PLANT; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS; SEED DISPERSAL; SYMPATRY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHILE; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CACTACEAE; LORANTHACEAE; TRISTERIX; TRISTERIX APHYLLUS; TRISTERIX CORYMBOSUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 69249232186     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800302     Document Type: Article

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