On areas of endemism, with an example from the African restionaceae

Systematic Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 892-912

  Linder, H P ^a  

^a Institute of Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Area of endemism; Biogeography; Cape Floristic Region; Centers of endemism; Parsimony analysis of endemism; Restionaceae

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035527395     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351501753462867     Document Type: Article

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