Historical biogeography of melastomataceae: The roles of tertiary migration and long-distance dispersal

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1290-1300

  Renner, S S ^a,b   Clausing, G ^c   Meyer, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fossil calibration; Long distance dispersal; Melastomataceae; Memecylaceae; Molecular clock; ndhF

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000685649     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558340     Document Type: Article

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