Variation and Evolution in the Genus Flindersia (Rutaceae). I. Review of the Genus.

Abstract

As a first stage in a detailed study of variation and evolution in the genus Flindersia, a review of relationships between the species in the genus is provided. Existing morphological data are studied using numerical techniques, both phenetic and phyletic, and the results integrated into a consistent phylogeny for the genus. This is proposed as a convenient starting point for future studies, and as a context into which the results may be fitted.