Perianth symmetry changed at least 199 times in angiosperm evolution

Taxon

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 945-964

  Reyes, Elisabeth ^a   Sauquet, Hervé ^a   Nadot, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Actinomorphy; Ancestral state reconstruction; Angiosperms; Floral evolution; Parsimony; Perianth symmetry; Zygomorphy

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; HOMOGENEITY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SPECIALIZATION; SYMMETRY;

LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIIDS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84994505160     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: 19968175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12705/655.1     Document Type: Review

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