The radiation of the Cape flora, southern Africa

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 597-638

  Linder, H P ^a  

^a Institute of Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endemism; Macro evolution; Neogene; Palaeoclimate; Southern Africa; Speciation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLORA; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; PELARGONIUM; PHENOMENOLOGY; REVIEW; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; ROSALES;

MYA; PELARGONIUM; PHYLICA;

EID: 0038158142     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793103006171     Document Type: Review

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