The paleobotanical record of Colombia: Implications for biogeography and biodiversity

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-324

  Hooghiemstra, Henry ^a   Wijninga, Vincent M ^a   Cleef, Antoine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Andean uplift; Biome evolution; Colombia; Espeletiinae; Montane forest; Neogene; P ramo; Phytogeography

Indexed keywords

AMANOA; BOCCONIA; CAREX; CEIBA; DAPHNOPSIS; GAIADENDRON; GUNNERA; HUMIRIACEAE; HYPERICUM; MONNINA; MONTIA; MYRICA; MYRICACEAE; NAGEIA; PODOCARPACEAE; PODOCARPUS; PRUMNOPITYS; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RETROPHYLLUM; TURPINIA; XYRIS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33749028713     PISSN: 00266493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3417/0026-6493(2006)93[297:TPROCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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