Evolutionary relationships in ephedra (gnetales), with implications for seed plant phylogeny

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1031-1043

  Rydin, Catarina ^a   Korally, Petra ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ephedra; Gnetales; Gnetifer hypothesis; Seed plant phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHLOROPLAST; CLADISTICS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLASTID; SEED;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA DISTACHYA; EPHEDRA LARISTANICA; EPHEDRA MAJOR; EPHEDRA PACHYCLADA; EPHEDRA SOMALENSIS; GNETALES; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 70350112397     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605116     Document Type: Article

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