A generic classification of the danthonioideae (Poaceae)

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-364

  Linder, H Peter ^a   Baeza, Marcelo ^b   Barker, Nigel P ^c   Galley, Chloé ^a   Humphreys, Aelys M ^a   Lloyd, Kelvin M ^d   Orlovich, David A ^e   Pirie, Michael D ^a,f   Simon, Bryan K ^g   Walsh, Neville ^h   Verboom, G Anthony ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^h ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS VICTORIA   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Danthonioideae; generic delimitation; Poaceae; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AUSTRODANTHONIA; AVENA; CORTADERIA; DANTHONIA; DANTHONIOIDEAE; JOYCEA; KARROOCHLOA; LAMPROTHYRSUS; MERXMUELLERA; NOTODANTHONIA; PENTAMERIS; PENTASCHISTIS; PENTASCHISTIS AIROIDES; PENTASCHISTIS ARISTIFOLIA; PENTASCHISTIS ASPERA; PENTASCHISTIS COLORATA; PENTASCHISTIS DOLICHOCHAETA; PENTASCHISTIS RIGIDISSIMA; PLEUROPOGON; POACEAE; PRIONANTHIUM; PRIONANTHIUM ECKLONII; PYRRHANTHERA; RYTIDOSPERMA; SCHISMUS; TRIBOLIUM (GRASS); UROCHLAENA;

EID: 77958613876     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2009006     Document Type: Article

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