Phylogenetics of Darwiniothamnus (Asteraceae: Astereae) - Molecular evidence for multiple origins in the endemic flora of the Galápagos Islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1055-1069

  Andrus, Nicole ^a,b   Tye, Alan ^c   Nesom, Guy ^d   Bogler, David ^a,b   Lewis, Carl ^b   Noyes, Richard ^e   Jaramillo, Patricia ^c   Francisco Ortega, Javier ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Tropical Plant Conservation   (United States)

^c CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^d University of Central Arkansas ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean Islands; Critically endangered species; Darwiniothamnus; DNA markers; Neotropics; Oceanic islands; Pacific Islands; Phylogeography; Trans oceanic dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; CLADISTICS; COLONIZATION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC MARKER; GROWTH FORM; HERB; ISLAND; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILE; CUBA; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTERACEAE; ASTEREAE; DARWINIOTHAMNUS; DARWINIOTHAMNUS ALTERNIFOLIUS; DARWINIOTHAMNUS LANCIFOLIUS; DARWINIOTHAMNUS TENUIFOLIUS; ERIGERON; ERIGERON BELLIDIASTROIDES; ERIGERON LUXURIANS;

EID: 65949091176     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02064.x     Document Type: Article

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