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Relationships within the Araceae: comparison of morphological patterns with molecular phylogenies.
American journal of botany - 1 Apr 2011
Cusimano Natalie, Bogner Josef, Mayo Simon J, Boyce Peter C, Wong Sin Y, Hesse Michael, Hetterscheid Wilbert L A, Keating Richard C, French Jim C
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The first family-wide molecular phylogeny of the Araceae, a family of about 3800 published species in 120 genera, became available in 1995, followed by a cladistic analysis of morpho-anatomical data in 1997. The most recent and comprehensive family-wide molecular phylogeny was published in 2008 and included species from 102 genera. We reanalyzed the molecular data with a more complete genus...
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