Phylogeny of Opuntia s.s. (Cactaceae): Clade delineation, geographic origins, reticulate evolution

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 847-864

  Majure, Lucas C ^a,b   Puente, Raul ^c   Patrick Griffith, M ^d   Judd, Walter S ^b   Soltis, Pamela S ^b   Soltis, Douglas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d MONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Consolea; Nopalea; Opuntia; Opuntieae; Polyploidy; Tacinga

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

CACTUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYPLOIDY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIPLOIDY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPUNTIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME;

BASE SEQUENCE; DIPLOIDY; DNA, PLANT; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; NORTH AMERICA; OPUNTIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYPLOIDY; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME FACTORS;

ANDES; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRASILIOPUNTIA; CACTACEAE; CONSOLEA; NOPALEA; OPUNTIA; TACINGA;

EID: 84860554736     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100375     Document Type: Article

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