Explaining the uniqueness of the Cape flora: Incorporating geomorphic evolution as a factor for explaining its diversification

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-74

  Cowling, Richard M ^a   Procheş, Şerban ^b   Partridge, Timothy C ^c  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Floristic Region; Mediterranean climate regions; Phylogeny; Plant diversity; Tectonic stability; Topo edaphic heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT; REVIEW; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 64149127941     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.034     Document Type: Review

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