Evolution of the stapeliads (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) - repeated major radiation across Africa in an Old World group

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 251-263

  Bruyns, P V ^a   Klak, C ^a   Hanacek P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arabian Peninsula; Ceropegieae; DNA sequence data; Phylogeny; Rand Flora; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; APOCYNACEAE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; APOCYNACEAE; BAYES THEOREM; FLOWERS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84900816901     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.022     Document Type: Article

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