Diversification of the African genus Protea (Proteaceae) in the Cape biodiversity hotspot and beyond: Equal rates in different biomes

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 745-760

  Valente, Luis M ^a,b,c   Reeves, Gail ^d   Schnitzler, Jan ^a,b   Mason, Ilana Pizer ^a,b,e   Fay, Michael F ^b   Rebelo, Tony G ^d   Chase, Mark W ^b   Barraclough, Timothy G ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cape of South Africa; Diversification; DNA; Fynbos; Phylogenetics; Protea; Proteaceae

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; DNA; ENDEMISM; FYNBOS; HOT SPOT; PHYLOGENETICS; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME;

BIODIVERSITY; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PROTEACEAE; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROTEA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 77949896685     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00856.x     Document Type: Article

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