Croton section Pedicellati (Euphorbiaceae), a novel new world group, and a new subsectional classification of Croton section Lamprocroton

Systematic Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-98

  Van Ee, Benjamin W ^a,b   Berry, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Croton breedlovei; Disjunction; Euphorbiaceae; Molecular phylogeny; Sectional classification

Indexed keywords

CROTON MICROCARPUS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 79956152049     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364411X553162     Document Type: Article

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