Closing the gaps: Phylogenetic relationships in the Brassicaceae based on DNA sequence data of nuclear ribosomal ITS region

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-232

  Warwick, Suzanne I ^a   Mummenhoff, Klaus ^b   Sauder, Connie A ^a   Koch, Marcus A ^c   Al Shehbaz, Ihsan A ^d  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; ITS region; Phylogeny; Systematics; Tribal assignments

Indexed keywords

ASTA; BRASSICACEAE; KERNERA; NOTOTHLASPI; RHIZOBOTRYA; YINSHANIA;

EID: 77952280362     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-010-0271-8     Document Type: Article

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