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Molecular systematics of Allium subgenus Amerallium (Amaryllidaceae) in North America.
American journal of botany - 1 Apr 2013
Wheeler Erica J, Mashayekhi Saeideh, McNeal Dale W, Columbus J Travis, Pires J Chris
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Early plant taxonomists formed hypotheses about relationships among taxa based on characters such as morphology, anatomy, phytochemistry, ecology, and geography. Modern molecular systematic methods, based on DNA sequence variation, augment early methods and provide an additional line of evidence by which to evaluate taxonomic hypotheses. In North America north of Mexico, wild onions (Allium,...
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