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Gnetum

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Containing group: Gnetales

Other Names for Gnetum

References

Friedman, W. E. and J. S. Carmichael. 1998. Heterochrony and developmental innovation: Evolution of female gametophyte ontogeny in Gnetum, a highly apomorphic seed plant. Evolution 52 (4):1016-1030.

Hansen, A., S. Hansmann, T. Samigullin, A. Antonov, and W. Martin. 1999. Gnetum and the angiosperms: molecular evidence that their shared morphological characters are convergent, rather than homologous. Molecular Biology and Evolution 16:1006-1009.

Markgraf F. 1930. Monographie der Gattung Gnetum. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique Buitenzorg 10: 407-511.

Price, R. A. 1996. Systematics of the Gnetales: a review of morphological and molecular evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences157(6, Suppl.): S40-S49.

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Scientific Name Gnetum gnemon
Location cultivated at the Botanical Garden Basel, Switzerland
Acknowledgements courtesy Botanical Image Database
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Body Part new and old leaves
Copyright © University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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