Phylogeny and diversification in the Melanesian Schefflera clade (Araliaceae) based on evidence from nuclear rDNA spacers

Systematic Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 279-291

  Plunkett, Gregory M ^a   Lowry II, Porter P ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

ETS; Fiji; ITS; New Caledonia; paralogy; phylogeny; Plerandra; rDNA; Schefflera; Solomon Islands; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ARALIACEAE; DIZYGOTHECA; PLERANDRA; SCHEFFLERA;

EID: 84860149378     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364412X616837     Document Type: Article

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