Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Podostemaceae: Implications for taxonomy of major groups

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-492

  Koi, Satoshi ^a   Kita, Yoko ^b   Hirayama, Yumiko ^a   Rutishauser, Rolf ^c   Huber, Konrad A ^c   Kato, Masahiro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Clusioid Malpighiales; MatK; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY; WEED;

EID: 84862550397     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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