Triquetrella mxinwana, a new moss species from South Africa, with a phylogenetic and biogeographic hypothesis for the genus

Journal of Bryology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-160

  Hedderson, Terry A ^a   Zander, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape flora; Leptodontium; Mediterranean climate disjuncts; New south African Triquetrella; Pliocene pleistocene dispersal; Triquetrella; Xerothermic Pangaean elements

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; TRIQUETRELLA;

EID: 35549010296     PISSN: 03736687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328207X205171     Document Type: Article

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