Floristic relationships between eastern Asia and North America: Test of Gray's hypothesis

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 317-332

  Qian, Hong ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Eastern Asia; Floristic similarity; Latitudinal pattern; North America; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FLORISTICS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036725130     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341523     Document Type: Article

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