Assembling the angiosperm tree of life: Progress and future prospects

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 514-526

  Soltis, Douglas E ^a   Moore, Michael J ^b   Burleigh, J Gordon ^a   Bell, Charles D ^c   Soltis, Pamela S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Asteridae; Caryophyllales; eudicots; Mesangiospermae; monocots; Pentapetalae; phylogeny; Rosidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ASTERIDS; CARYOPHYLLALES; COLEOPTERA; FILICOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ROSIDAE; ROSIDS;

EID: 78650508629     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2009136     Document Type: Article

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