An evaluation of classification by cuticular characters of the Lauraceae: A comparison to molecular phylogeny

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 348-357

  Nishida, Sachiko ^a   Van Der Werff, Henk ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aiouea; Aniba; classification; cuticle; Dicypellium; Endlicheria; epidermis; Kubitzkia; Lauraceae; Licaria; Nectandra; Ocotea; Paraia; Pleurothyrium; Rhodostemonodaphne; stomata; Umbellularia; Urbanodendron

Indexed keywords

AIOUEA; ANIBA; DICYPELLIUM; ENDLICHERIA; KUBITZKIA; LAURACEAE; LICARIA; NECTANDRA; OCOTEA; PARAIA; PLEUROTHYRIUM; RHODOSTEMONODAPHNE; UMBELLULARIA; URBANODENDRON;

EID: 80053092325     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/2010054     Document Type: Article

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