Darwin's Galapagos gourd: Providing new insights 175 years after his visit

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 975-978

  Sebastian, Patrizia ^a   Schaefer, Hanno ^b   Renner, Susanne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cucurbitaceae; Darwin's herbarium; Extinction; Galapagos; Island biogeography; Molecular clock; Phylogenetics; Plant viruses; Sicyos

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HERBARIUM; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; VIRUS;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITACEAE; SICYOS;

EID: 77953083575     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02270.x     Document Type: Article

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