Generic delimitation in the Antillean Adelieae (Euphorbiaceae) with description of the Hispaniolan endemic genus Garciadelia

Taxon

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1801-1814

  Jestrow, Brett ^a,b   Rodríguez, Francisco Jiménez ^c   Francisco Ortega, Javier ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden   (United States)

^c Moscoso Santo Domingo   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Caribbean Islands; Garciadelia; Lasiocroton; Leucocroton; Molecular phylogenetics; Morphology; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

GREATER ANTILLES;

ADELIEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; LASIOCROTON; LEUCOCROTON; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78751476298     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.596012     Document Type: Article

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