Genome sizes of all 19 Araucaria species are correlated with their geographical distribution

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 298, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1249-1255

  Zonneveld, B J M ^a  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Araucaria; DNA 2C value; Genome size; Geography; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AGATHIS (CONIFER); ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIACEAE; UNIDENTIFIED PLANT; WOLLEMIA;

EID: 84864379277     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-012-0631-7     Document Type: Article

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