Did kauri (Agathis: Araucariaceae) really survive the oligocene drowning of New Zealand?

Systematic Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 594-602

  Biffin, Ed ^a   Hill, Robert S ^a   Lowe, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b State Herbarium of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

CLASSIFICATION; CONIFER; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; REVIEW;

CONIFEROPHYTA; DNA, PLANT; FOSSILS; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS;

AGATHIS (CONIFER); ARAUCARIACEAE;

EID: 77958025117     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syq030     Document Type: Review

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