High frequency of character transformations is phylogenetically structured within the lichenized fungal family Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Ostropales)

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-291

  Lumbsch, H Thorsten ^a   Parnmen, Sittiporn ^a,b   Kraichak, Ekaphan ^a   Papong, Khwanruan Butsatorn ^c   Lücking, Robert ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ancestral character reconstruction; character traits; lichens; molecular phylogeny; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; COLUMELLA; GRAPHIDACEAE; OSTROPALES;

EID: 84904545221     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2014.905506     Document Type: Article

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