Rapid and recent origin of species richness in the Cape flora of south Africa

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6843, 2001, Pages 181-183

  Richardson, James E ^a,b   Weitz, Frans M ^e,f   Fay, Michael F ^a   Cronk, Quentin C B ^g,h   Linder, H Peter ^c,f   Reeves, G ^a,d   Chase, Mark W ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Institute of Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OCEAN CURRENTS; VOLCANOES;

DIVERSIFICATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

ARGON; POTASSIUM;

FLORA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FLORA; FOSSIL; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SEA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; ROSALES; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035849846     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35084067     Document Type: Article

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