Phylogeography of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau endemic alpine herb Pomatosace filicula (Primulaceae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-302

  Wang, Gai Ni ^a   He, Xin Yu ^a   Miehe, Georg ^b   Mao, Kang Shan ^a,c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

phylogeography; plastid DNA; Pomatosace filicula; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899835175     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12089     Document Type: Article

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