A classification of the genus Nothofagus (Fagaceae) |
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| Authors: | WILLIAM R PHILIPSON FLS MELVA N PHILIPSON |
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| Institution: | Department of Botany, University of Canterbury, New Zealand;Botany Division, DSIR, Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | PHILIPSON, W. R. & PHILIPSON, M. N., 1988. A classification of the genus Nothofagus (Fagaceae). The genus Nothofagus is subdivided into two subgenera, two sections and three subsections, employing characters of the pollen, cupule and vernation, together with the incidence of leaf-fall. The subdivision into subgenera also agrees with present geographical distribution and with characters of the secondary xylem. One subgeneric and one subsectional name are new. Reasons are given for departures from previous classifications. |
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| Keywords: | Cladistics biogeography |
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