A dated phylogeny of the palm tribe Chamaedoreeae supports Eocene dispersal between Africa, North and South America

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 760-775

  Cuenca, Argelia ^a   Asmussen Lange, Conny B ^a   Borchsenius, Finn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antilles; Arecaceae; Boreotropics; Caribbean geology; Central America; Chamaedorea; Dispersal; Eocene land bridges; Gaussia; Gondwana break up; Hyophorbe; Latitudinal migrations; Mascarene Islands; matK; ndhF; Neotropics; Panama isthmus; PRK; RPB2; rps16 intron; Synechanthus; trnD trnT; trnL trnF; Wendlandiella

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORIBULOKINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AFRICA; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; SOUTH AMERICA;

AFRICA; ARECACEAE; DNA, PLANT; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE; CHAMAEDOREA; GAUSSIA (ANGIOSPERM); HYOPHORBE; SYNECHANTHUS; WENDLANDIELLA;

EID: 38949179118     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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