Complete plastid genome sequences of <it>Drimys, Liriodendron</it>, and <it>Piper</it>: implications for the phylogenetic relationships of magnoliids

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The magnoliids with four orders, 19 families, and 8,500 species represent one of the largest clades of early diverging angiosperms. Although several recent angiosperm phylogenetic analyses supported the monophyly of magnoliids and su...

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Main Authors: dePamphilis Claude W, Carlson John E, Leebens-Mack James, Kuehl Jennifer V, Penaflor Cynthia, Cai Zhengqiu, Boore Jeffrey L, Jansen Robert K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/77