Colonization and diversification in the African 'sky islands' by Eurasian Lychnis L. (Caryophyllaceae)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1016-1029

  Popp, Magnus ^a   Gizaw, Abel ^a,b   Nemomissa, Sileshi ^b   Suda, Jan ^c,d   Brochmann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Afro montane; Biogeography; Caryophyllaceae; Flow cytometry; Genome size; ITS; Lychnis; psbE petL; RPB2; rps16

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; IMMIGRATION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; BURUNDI; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIA; KENYA; NIGERIA; RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN RIFT;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; LYCHNIS; LYCHNIS ABYSSINICA; LYCHNIS FLOS-CUCULI;

EID: 43449118703     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01902.x     Document Type: Article

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