Gymnaconitum, a new genus of Ranunculaceae endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Taxon

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 713-722

  Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Yang ^b   Yu, Sheng Xiang ^a   Gao, Tian Gang ^a   Chen, Zhi Duan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aconitum; Delphinieae; Gymnaconitum; Monophyly; Phylogeny; Qinghai tibetan plateau; Ranunculaceae; Sowh test

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INCLUSION; KARYOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84882981243     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12705/624.10     Document Type: Article

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