Patterns of plant speciation in the Cape floristic region

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-93

  Niet, Timotheüs van der ^a   Johnson, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Cape clades; Cape flora; Ecological speciation; Edaphic; Flowering phenology; Habitat; Pollination; Sister species

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 64149084537     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.027     Document Type: Article

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