Advances in the floral structural characterization of the major subclades of Malpighiales, one of the largest orders of flowering plants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 969-985

  Endress, Peter K ^a   Davis, Charles C ^b   Matthews, Merran L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androecium; Celastrales; COM clade; core eudicots; evolution; floral structure; gynoecium; Malpighiales; ovules; Oxalidales; phylogeny; rosids

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLADISTICS; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWER; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RAINFOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; MALPIGHIACEAE; OVULE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

FLOWERS; MALPIGHIACEAE; OVULE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84877285063     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct056     Document Type: Article

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