Cytogeography of the Humifusa clade of Opuntia s.s. Mill. 1754 (Cactaceae, Opuntioideae, Opuntieae): Correlations with pleistocene refugia and morphological traits in a polyploid complex

Comparative Cytogenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-77

  Majure, Lucas C ^a,b   Judd, Walter S ^a,b   Soltis, Pamela S ^b   Soltis, Douglas E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Chromosome numbers; Opuntia humifusa; Opuntia macrorhiza; Pleistocene refugia; Polyploid complex; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA; OPUNTIA MACRORHIZA; OPUNTIA PUSILLA; OPUNTIOIDEAE;

EID: 84860575593     PISSN: 19930771     EISSN: 1993078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v6i1.2523     Document Type: Article

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