New insights into the phylogenetics and biogeography of Arum (Araceae): Unravelling its evolutionary history

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-32

  Espíndola, Anahí ^a   Buerki, Sven ^b   Bedalov, Marija ^a,c   Küpfer, Philippe ^a   Alvarez, Nadir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Character tracing; Infrageneric systematics; Mediterranean biogeography; Phylogenetic inferences

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TAXONOMY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARACEAE; ARUM;

EID: 77954112188     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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