Coursetia (Leguminosae) from eastern Brazil: Nuclear ribosomal and chloroplast DNA sequence analysis reveal the monophyly of three caatinga-inhabiting species

Systematic Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-79

  De Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci ^a   Lavin, Matt ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Dispersal limitation; Geographic phylogenetic structure; Phylogenetic niche conservatism; Seasonally dry tropical woodlands

Indexed keywords

COURSETIA; COURSETIA ROSTRATA; COURSETIA VICIOIDES; FABACEAE; ROSTRATA;

EID: 79956138197     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553144     Document Type: Article

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