Contrasting patterns of radiation in African and Australian Restionaceae

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2688-2702

  Linder, H Peter ^a   Eldenäs, Pia ^b   Briggs, Barbara G ^c  

^a Institute of Systematic Botany   (Switzerland)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c Royal Botanical Gardens   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biogeography; Cape flora; Molecular clock; Nonparametric rate smoothing; Radiation; Restionaceae

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POALES; RESTIONACEAE;

EID: 0345874638     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01513.x     Document Type: Article

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