Evolution and loss of long-fringed petals: a case study using a dated phylogeny of the snake gourds, <it>Trichosanthes</it> (Cucurbitaceae)
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Cucurbitaceae genus <it>Trichosanthes</it> comprises 90–100 species that occur from India to Japan and southeast to Australia and Fiji. Most species have large white or pale yellow petals with conspicuously fringed ma...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/108 |