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Evolutionary history and leaf succulence as explanations for medicinal use in aloes and the global popularity of Aloe vera

BACKGROUND: Aloe vera supports a substantial global trade yet its wild origins, and explanations for its popularity over 500 related Aloe species in one of the world’s largest succulent groups, have remained uncertain. We developed an explicit phylogenetic framework to explore links between the rich...

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Autores principales: Grace, Olwen M, Buerki, Sven, Symonds, Matthew RE, Forest, Félix, van Wyk, Abraham E, Smith, Gideon F, Klopper, Ronell R, Bjorå, Charlotte S, Neale, Sophie, Demissew, Sebsebe, Simmonds, Monique SJ, Rønsted, Nina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4342203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25879886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0291-7