The First Comprehensive Phylogeny of Coptis (Ranunculaceae) and Its Implications for Character Evolution and Classification.

Coptis (Ranunculaceae) contains 15 species and is one of the pharmaceutically most important plant genera in eastern Asia. Understanding of the evolution of morphological characters and phylogenetic relationships within the genus is very limited. Here, we present the first comprehensive phylogenetic...

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Main Authors: Kun-Li Xiang, Sheng-Dan Wu, Sheng-Xian Yu, Yang Liu, Florian Jabbour, Andrey S Erst, Liang Zhao, Wei Wang, Zhi-Duan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4820238?pdf=render