Phylogenetic studies favour the unification of Pennisetum, Cenchrus and Odontelytrum (Poaceae): A combined nuclear, plastid and morphological analysis, and nomenclatural combinations in Cenchrus

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-130

  Chemisquy, M Amelia ^a   Giussani, Liliana M ^a   Scataglini, María A ^a   Kellogg, Elizabeth A ^b   Morrone, Osvaldo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BOTÁNICA DARWINION   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Cenchrus; kn1; ndhF; Odontelytrum; Pennisetum; Phylogenetic analyses; Poaceae; trnL trnF

Indexed keywords

APOMIXIS; CHROMOSOME; CLADISTICS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENOME; GRASS; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PLASTID; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CENCHRUS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PEARL MILLET; PLASTID; PLOIDY; POACEAE; PENNISETUM;

CENCHRUS; PENNISETUM; PLASTIDS; PLOIDIES; POACEAE;

CENCHRUS; PANICEAE; PANICOIDEAE; PENNISETUM; POACEAE;

EID: 77956384498     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq090     Document Type: Article

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