High mountain origin, phylogenetics, evolution, and niche conservatism of arctic lineages in the hemiparasitic genus Pedicularis (Orobanchaceae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-92

  Tkach, Natalia ^a   Ree, Richard H ^b   Kuss, Patrick ^c   Röser, Martin ^a   Hoffmann, Matthias H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c Institute for Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biogeography; Ecology; Niche conservatism; Pedicularis; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ALTITUDE; ARCTIC; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; OROBANCHACEAE; PEDICULARIS; PHYLOGENY;

ALTITUDE; ARCTIC REGIONS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; OROBANCHACEAE; PEDICULARIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84897911114     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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