Molecular phylogeny of Acacia Mill. (Mimosoideae: Leguminosae): Evidence for major clades and informal classification

Taxon

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-19

  Murphy, Daniel J ^a   Brown, Gillian K ^a,b   Miller, Joseph T ^c   Ladiges, Pauline Y ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia; Acacia subg. Phyllodineae; Australia; Classification; Molecular phylogeny; Nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITZ, ETS)

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; DNA; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ACACIA; ACACIA VICTORIAE; FABACEAE; MIMOSOIDEAE;

EID: 77149177053     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.591002     Document Type: Article

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