Gourds afloat: A dated phylogeny reveals an Asian origin of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) and numerous oversea dispersal events

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1658, 2012, Pages 843-851

  Schaefer, Hanno ^a   Heibl, Christoph ^a   Renner, Susanne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian molecular clock; Biogeography; Dispersal; Economic plants; Museomics; Test of monophyly

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CRETACEOUS; DISPERSAL; HERBARIUM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUSEUM; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RANGE EXPANSION; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN; VINE;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; MADAGASCAR; SOUTH AMERICA;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CUCUMBER; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ASIA; CUCURBITACEAE; DEMOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 63849264446     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1447     Document Type: Article

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