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Phylogeny and photosynthetic pathway distribution in Anticharis Endl. (Scrophulariaceae).
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Sept 2012
Khoshravesh Roxana, Hossein Akhani, Sage Tammy L, Nordenstam Bertil, Sage Rowan F
Abstract excerpt
C(4) photosynthesis independently evolved >62 times, with the majority of origins within 16 dicot families. One origin occurs in the poorly studied genus Anticharis Endl. (Scrophulariaceae), which consists of ~10 species from arid regions of Africa and southwest Asia. Here, the photosynthetic pathway of 10 Anticharis species and one species from each of the sister genera Aptosimum and Peliostomum was identified...
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