Phylogeny, systematics and conservation of Abies, especially those around the Mediterranean Basin

The genus Abies comprises 48 species of fir trees, making it the second largest genus in the Pinaceae after Pinus. Phylogenetic analyses using one nuclear and three chloroplast regions confirm the monophyly of the Pinaceae. Results also show that the Pinoideae is sister to Abietoideae and Keteleeria...

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Main Author: Knees, Sabina Georgina
Published: University of Reading 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.553692