Polyploidy and possible implications for the evolutionary history of some Australian Danthonieae

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-34

  Waters, C ^a   Murray, B G ^b   Melville, G ^a   Coates, D ^c   Young, A ^d   Virgona, J ^e  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; HYBRIDIZATION; POLYPLOIDY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

AUSTRODANTHONIA BIPARTITA; DANTHONIEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 77949365703     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT09138     Document Type: Article

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