Trans-Atlantic, trans-Pacific and trans-Indian Ocean dispersal in the small Gondwanan Laurales family Hernandiaceae

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1214-1226

  Michalak, Ingo ^a,d   Zhang, Li Bing ^b,c   Renner, Susanne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Hernandiaceae; Historical biogeography; Laurales; Long distance dispersal; Molecular clock; Transoceanic disjunctions

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLADISTICS; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PALEOCENE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

GYROCARPUS; GYROCARPUS AMERICANUS; HERNANDIA; HERNANDIA NYMPHAEIFOLIA; HERNANDIACEAE; ILLIGERA; LAURACEAE; LAURALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MONIMIACEAE; SPARATTANTHELIUM;

EID: 77954791830     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02306.x     Document Type: Article

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