A multi-locus phylogeny of Euryops (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) augments support for the "Cape to Cairo" hypothesis of floral migrations in Africa

Taxon

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-67

  Devos, Nicolas ^a,d   Barker, Nigel P ^a   Nordenstam, Bertil ^b   Mucina, Ladislav ^c,e  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Bayes factors; Chloroplast DNA; Disjunct distribution; Euryops; ITS; Lineage sorting: migration routes; Molecular dating; Radiation; Topological incongruence

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; DATING METHOD; DICOTYLEDON; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; DIVERGENCE; DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIGRATION ROUTE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RELATEDNESS;

AFRICA;

ASTERACEAE; EURYOPS; SENECIONEAE;

EID: 77149169412     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.591007     Document Type: Article

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