Molecular phylogenetics of subfamily Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on nuclear and plastid DNA regions, including a new taxonomic arrangement

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-37

  Martínez Azorín, Mario ^a   Crespo, Manuel B ^a   Juan, Ana ^a   Fay, Michael F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asparagaceae; Hyacinthaceae; molecular systematics; Ornithogaloideae; Scilloideae; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; DNA; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MATRIX; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PLASTID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ORNITHOGALUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PLASTID;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, PLANT; LILIACEAE; ORNITHOGALUM; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALBUCA; ASPARAGACEAE; CATHISSA; DIPCADI; ELIOKARMOS; GALTONIA; HONORIUS; HYACINTHACEAE; LONCOMELOS; MELOMPHIS; NEOPATERSONIA; ORNITHOGALUM; PSEUDOGALTONIA; STELLARIOIDES;

EID: 78650590955     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq207     Document Type: Article

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