Resurrecting deadly carrots: Towards a revision of Thapsia (Apiaceae) based on phylogenetic analysis of nrITS sequences and chemical profiles

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 620-636

  Weitzel, Corinna ^a   Rønsted, Nina ^b   Spalik, Krysztof ^c   Simonsen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ammodaucus; Daucinae; Distichoselinum; Elaeoselinum; Guillonea; Margotia; Scandiceae

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; HERB; METABOLITE; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RESIN; TAXONOMY; TERPENE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; ATLANTIC COAST [MOROCCO]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AFRICA]; CRETE [GREECE]; GREECE; MOROCCO; PORTUGAL;

AMMODAUCUS; APIACEAE; DAUCINAE; DAUCUS CAROTA; SCANDICEAE; THAPSIA;

EID: 84897980287     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12144     Document Type: Article

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