Taxonomy of astragalus robbinsii var. fernaldii (fabaceae): Molecular and morphological analyses support transfer to astragalus eucosmus

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-26

  Sokoloff, Paul C ^a,b   Gillespie, Lynn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFLPs; Astragalus; Astragalus eucosmus; Astragalus robbinsii var. fernaldii; Astragalus robbinsii var. minor; Morphometrics; TrnC rpoB; Ycf6 trnC

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHLOROPLAST; CONSERVATION STATUS; LEGUME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); ASTRAGALUS EUCOSMUS; ASTRAGALUS ROBBINSII; ASTRAGALUS ROBBINSII VAR. MINOR; FABACEAE;

EID: 84855594546     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B11-077     Document Type: Article

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