The biogeographical history of the cosmopolitan genus Ranunculus L. (Ranunculaceae) in the temperate to meridional zones

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-21

  Emadzade, Khatere ^a   Gehrke, Berit ^b   Peter Linder, H ^c   Hörandl, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biogeographical history; Dispersal; Molecular phylogenetics; Ranunculus; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANUNCULACEAE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANUNCULUS;

PROSOPIS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS;

EID: 78650993580     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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