Billburttia, a new genus of Apiaceae (tribe Apieae) endemic to Madagascar

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-245

  Magee, Anthony Richard ^a,b   van Wyk, Ben Erik ^a   Tilney, Patricia M ^a   Sales, Fatima ^c,d   Hedge, Ian ^d   Downie, Stephen R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Billburttia capensoides; Billburttia vaginoides; Fruit anatomy; ITS; New genus; New species; Peucedanum; rps16 intron; Sphaerocrystals

Indexed keywords

APIACEAE; APIALES; APIOIDEAE; PEUCEDANUM; SELINEAE;

EID: 70450237774     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-009-0223-3     Document Type: Article

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