Genetic and morphological diversity in Armeria (Plumbaginaceae) is shaped by glacial cycles in Mediterranean refugia

Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-197

  Aguilar, Javier Fuertes ^a   Larena, Belén Gutiérrez ^a   Feliner, Gonzalo Nieto ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Glacial refugia; Hybridization; Iberian peninsula; Phylogeography; Reticulate evolution; Sierra nevada

Indexed keywords

ARMERIA; ARMERIA FILICAULIS SUBSP. ALFACARENSIS; ARMERIA FILICAULIS SUBSP. NEVADENSIS; ARMERIA SPLENDENS; ARMERIA VILLOSA SUBSP. BERNISII; PLUMBAGINACEAE;

EID: 84855789897     PISSN: 02111322     EISSN: 19883196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2260     Document Type: Article

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