What can phylogenetics tell us about speciation in the Cape flora?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-26

  Barraclough, Timothy G ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Cape; Cape Floristic Region; Diversity; Extinction; Flora; Flowering plants; Fynbos; Phylogenetics; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CLADISTICS; FLOWERING; FYNBOS; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33645034415     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00208.x     Document Type: Review

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