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Occurrence and evolutionary origins of polyploids in the clubmoss genus Diphasiastrum (Lycopodiaceae).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2009
Aagaard S M D, Greilhuber Johann, Zhang Xian-Chun, Wikström Niklas
Abstract excerpt
Two polyploid taxa are commonly recognized in the genus Diphasiastrum, D. wightianum from Asia and D. zanclophyllum from South Africa and Madagascar. Here we present results from Feulgen DNA image densitometry analyses providing the first evidence for the polyploid origin of D. zanclophyllum. Also reported for the first time are data confirming that D. multispicatum and D. veitchii, representing the putative...
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