Cytogeography of Oxalis pes-caprae in its native range: Where are the pentaploids?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1189-1194

  Krejčíková, Jana ^a,b   Sudová, Radka ^b   Oberlander, Kenneth C ^c   Dreyer, Leanne L ^c   Suda, Jan ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cytogeography; Flow cytometry; Greater Cape Floristic Region; Oxalis pes caprae; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DATA ACQUISITION; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIFE HISTORY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLOIDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

OXALIS PES-CAPRAE; TETRA;

EID: 84877592606     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0370-2     Document Type: Article

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