Systematics of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae): Using morphology and plastid sequence data to resolve the circumscriptions of melpomene and the polyphyletic genera Lellingeria and Terpsichore

Systematic Botany

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 701-715

  Sundue, Michael A ^a,b   Islam, Melissa B ^c   Ranker, Tom A ^d  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrospermum; character evolution; classification; morphology; Neotropical

Indexed keywords

ACROSPERMUM; CERADENIA; ENTEROSORA; FILICOPHYTA; LELLINGERIA; MELPOMENE; POLYPODIACEAE; TERPSICHORE; ZYGOPHLEBIA;

EID: 78650409190     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364410X539790     Document Type: Article

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