A phylogenetic hypothesis for the recently diversified Ruschieae (Aizoaceae) in southern Africa

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1005-1020

  Klak, Cornelia ^a   Bruyns, Peter V ^a   Hanáček, Pavel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aizoaceae; Greater Cape Floristic Region; Phylogeny; Ruschieae; Succulence

Indexed keywords

AIZOACEAE;

PLANT DNA;

AFRICA; AIZOACEAE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLAST GENE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FRUIT; GENETICS; GREATER CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RUSCHIEAE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUCCULENCE;

AIZOACEAE; GREATER CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; PHYLOGENY; RUSCHIEAE; SUCCULENCE;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AIZOACEAE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRUIT; GENES, CHLOROPLAST; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84884586436     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.030     Document Type: Article

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