Phylogeny of Cirsium spp. in North America: Host Specificity Does Not Follow Phylogeny

Weedy invasive Cirsium spp. are widespread in temperate regions of North America and some of their biological control agents have attacked native Cirsium spp. A phylogenetic tree was developed from DNA sequences for the internal transcribed spacer and external transcribed spacer regions from native...

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Main Authors: Tracey A. Bodo Slotta, David P. Horvath, Michael E. Foley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-10-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/1/2/61