Regional differences in rates of plant speciation and molecular evolution: A comparison between eastern Asia and eastern North America

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2175-2184

  Xiang, Qiu Yun ^a   Wen, Heng Zhang ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b   Qian, Hong ^c   Zhi, Duan Chen ^d   Wen, Jun ^e   Jian, Hua Li ^f  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity anomaly; Eastern Asian eastern North American floristic disjunction; Molecular phylogeny; Rate of ITS evolution; Rate of speciation

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASARUM; BUCKLEYA; CARPINUS; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CORNUS; ENA; HAMAMELIS; ILLICIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PANAX; PANAX GINSENG; STEWARTIA; STYRACACEAE; STYRAX;

EID: 7544227494     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01596.x     Document Type: Article

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