A molecular phylogeny and generic classification of asphodelaceae subfamily alooideae: A final resolution of the prickly issue of polyphyly in the alooids?

Systematic Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-74

  Manning, John ^a,b   Boatwright, James S ^c   Daru, Barnabas H ^d   Maurin, Olivier ^d   Van Der Bank, Michelle ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aloe; Aristaloe; Classification; Gonialoe; Haworthia; Nomenclature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894562812     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364414X678044     Document Type: Article

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