The origin of a mega-diverse genus: Dating Begonia (Begoniaceae) using alternative datasets, calibrations and relaxed clock methods

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-380

  Goodall Copestake, William P ^a,b   Harris, David J ^b   Hollingsworth, Peter M ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18S; Autocorrelated relaxed molecular clock; BEAST; Fossil constraints; Multidivtime; R8s; RbcL; Uncorrelated relaxed molecular clock

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; DATA SET; DATING METHOD; DIVERGENCE; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; NEOGENE; OLIGOCENE;

BEGONIA; BEGONIACEAE;

EID: 62549098565     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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