Placing the woody tropical genera of Polygonaceae: A hypothesis of character evolution and phylogeny

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1377-1390

  Burke, Janelle M ^a   Sanchez, Adriana ^b   Kron, Kathleen ^b   Luckow, Melissa ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccoloba; Eriogonoideae; Ochrea; Phylogeny; Polygonaceae; Ruminate endosperm

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WOODY PLANT;

COCCOLOBA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 77955991097     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000022     Document Type: Article

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