Phylogeography of a subalpine tall-herb Ranunculus platanifolius (Ranunculaceae) reveals two main genetic lineages in the European mountains

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 413-428

  Stachurska Swakoń, Alina ^a   Cieślak, Elzbieta ^b   Ronikier, Michał ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

AFLP; Carpathians; Disjunction; Dispersal; European mountain system; Genetic structure; Ice age; Refugia; Species distribution pattern; Subalpine plants

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL HISTORY; HERB; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; REFUGIUM; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

ALPS; BALKANS; CARPATHIANS; PYRENEES; SCANDINAVIA; SUDETES;

RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS PLATANIFOLIUS;

EID: 84872550550     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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