Molecular phylogenetics of Alternanthera (Gomphrenoideae, Amaranthaceae): Resolving a complex taxonomic history caused by different interpretations of morphological characters in a lineage with C 4 and C 3-C 4 intermediate species

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-517

  Sánchez Del Pino, Ivonne ^a   Motley, Timothy J ^b   Borsch, Thomas ^c  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caryophyllales; Classification systems; Gal pagos; Gene trees; Neotropics; Photosynthetic pathways; Reconstructing character evolution; Reticulate evolution

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERB; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLASTID; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

EID: 84862537569     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01248.x     Document Type: Article

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