Evolution of exceptional species richness among lineages of fleshy-fruited Myrtaceae

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-93

  Biffin, Ed ^a,b   Lucas, Eve J ^c   Craven, Lyn A ^b   Da Costa, Itayguara Ribeiro ^d   Harrington, Mark G ^e   Crisp, Michael D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversification rates; Molecular dating; Myrtaceae; Myrteae; Myrtoideae; Phylogeny; Speciation; Syzygieae

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CLADISTICS; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; RAINFOREST; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; FRUIT; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYRTACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID;

BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRUIT; MYRTACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 77956373060     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq088     Document Type: Article

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