Unmatched tempo of evolution in Southern African semi-desert ice plants

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6969, 2004, Pages 63-65

  Klak, C ^a   Reeves, G ^b   Hedderson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERSIFICATION RATES;

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIATION;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ARID REGION; BIODIVERSITY; FLORA;

AIZOACEAE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLADISTICS; DESERT; ICE PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT AGE; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AIZOACEAE; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; KAROO BASIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AIZOACEAE; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM;

EID: 0346458532     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02243     Document Type: Article

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