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A cladistic analysis of ndhF sequences from representative species of Saintpaulia and Streptocarpus subgenera Streptocarpus and Streptocarpella (Gesneriaceae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1998

J. F. Smith ,
M. E. Kresge ,
M. Möller  and
Q. C. B. Cronk
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Abstract

Two African genera of the Gesneriaceae, Saintpaulia and Streptocarpus, are similar in many respects. Both genera have blue to purple flowers, pollen of similar shape and exine sculpting, embryos with one-celled, uninucleate chalazal haustoria, shared vegetative structures among some species, and are among the few genera in the Gesneriaceae which include species with chromosome counts of n = 15. The similarity of these features has indicated that the two genera are likely to be closely related.

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African violetCape primrosecladistic analysisndhF
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 55 , Issue 1 , March 1998 , pp. 1 - 11
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1998

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