Northern Hemisphere origin, transoceanic dispersal, and diversification of Ranunculeae DC. (Ranunculaceae) in the Cenozoic

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-530

  Emadzade, Khatere ^a,b   Horandl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Historical biogeography; Long distance dispersal; Molecular dating; Ranunculeae; Transoceanic dispersal; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CENOZOIC; CHLOROPLAST; DICOTYLEDON; EOCENE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GONDWANA; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VICARIANCE;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PROSOPIS; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 79551534807     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02404.x     Document Type: Article

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