Phylogenetic relationships of Combretaceae inferred from nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data: Implications for generic classification

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 453-476

  Maurin, Olivier ^a   Chase, Mark W ^b   Jordaan, Marie ^c   Van Der Bank, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Combretum; Internal transcribed spacer (ITS); Myrtales; Phylogeny; PsaA ycf3; RbcL; Terminalia; TrnH psbA

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; DICOTYLEDON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; TAXONOMY;

ANOGEISSUS; BUCHENAVIA; CALYCOPTERIS; COMBRETACEAE; COMBRETUM; COMBRETUM IMBERBE; COMBRETUM ZEYHERI; CONOCARPUS; GUIERA; MYRTALES; PTELEOPSIS; QUISQUALIS; TERMINALIA;

EID: 77952766571     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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