The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba

Taxon

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-177

  Boatwright, James S ^a,b   Wink, Michael ^c   van Wyk, Ben Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crotalarieae; Euchlora; Ezoloba; Fabaceae; Leobordea; Listia; Lotononis; Southern africa; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; DATA SET; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LEGUME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; RARE SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

CROTALARIA; CROTALARIEAE; FABACEAE; LOTONONIS; MACROCARPA;

EID: 79951661674     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.601014     Document Type: Article

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