Phylogeny and character evolution in the New Zealand endemic genus Plagianthus (Malveae, Malvaceae)

Systematic Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-418

  Wagstaff, Steven J ^a   Tate, Jennifer A ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian analyses; divergence time estimates; long distance dispersal; Malveae; New Zealand; Plagianthus

Indexed keywords

ASTEROTRICHION; GYNATRIX; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; PLAGIANTHUS; PLAGIANTHUS DIVARICATUS; PLAGIANTHUS REGIUS;

EID: 79959570425     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364411X569589     Document Type: Article

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