Monophyly and Phylogenetic relationships of Neotropical Schefflera (Araliaceae) based on plastid and nuclear markers

Systematic Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 806-817

  Fiaschi, Pedro ^a   Plunkett, Gregory M ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Didymopanax; external transcribed spacer; Neotropics; Sciodaphyllum; systematics

Indexed keywords

ARALIACEAE; DIDYMOPANAX; SCHEFFLERA; SCHEFFLERA GLEASONII;

EID: 80051937886     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364411X583754     Document Type: Article

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