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Why Africa matters: evolution of Old World Salvia (Lamiaceae) in Africa.
Annals of botany - 1 Jul 2014
Will Maria, Claßen-Bockhoff Regine
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Salvia is the largest genus in Lamiaceae and it has recently been found to be non-monophyletic. Molecular data on Old World Salvia are largely lacking. In this study, we present data concerning Salvia in Africa. The focus is on the colonization of the continent, character evolution and the switch of pollination systems in the genus. METHODS: Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference were used...
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