Systematic revision of Platanthera in the Azorean archipelago: Not one but three species, including arguably Europe's rarest orchid

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Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-86

  Bateman, Richard M ^a   Rudall, Paula J ^a   Moura, Ḿonica ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endemism; Evolutionary radiation; Migration; Molecular phylogeny; Monography; Morphometrics; Orchid; Platanthera; Speciation; Species circumscription

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANT TAXONOMY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899784989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.218     Document Type: Article

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