Molecular taxonomy of Camellia (Theaceae) inferred from nrITS sequences

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1348-1360

  Vijayan, Kunjupillai ^a   Zhang, Wen Ju ^b   Tsou, Chih Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Camellia; ITS; Molecular phylogeny; Tea; Theaceae

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; DICOTYLEDON; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TEA;

CAMELLIA; THEA; THEACEAE;

EID: 69349099512     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800205     Document Type: Article

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