Phylogenetic inference of Badula (Primulaceae), a rare and threatened genus endemic to the Mascarene Archipelago

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-296

  Bone, Ruth E ^a   Strijk, Joeri S ^b,c   Fritsch, Peter W ^d   Buerki, Sven ^e   Strasberg, Dominique ^f   Thébaud, Christophe ^c   Hodkinson, Trevor R ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^e JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

ITS; Mauritius; Myrsinoideae; Oncostemum; Phylogenetics; R union; Rodrigues; TrnS trnG trnG

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HERBARIUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTID; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIMEN BANK; TAXONOMY;

COMOROS; MADAGASCAR; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS; RODRIGUEZ ISLAND;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ONCOSTEMUM; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 84860542001     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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