Early evolutionary history of the flowering plant family Annonaceae: Steady diversification and boreotropical geodispersal

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 664-680

  Couvreur, Thomas L P ^a   Pirie, Michael D ^b   Chatrou, Lars W ^c   Saunders, Richard M K ^d   Su, Yvonne C F ^d   Richardson, James E ^e,f   Erkens, Roy H J ^g  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogeographic hypothesis testing; Boreotropical hypothesis; Diversification rates; Indian rafting; K Pg boundary; LTT plots; Molecular dating; Museum model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXTINCTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; MUSEUM; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANNONACEAE; DESMOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; UNONOPSIS; UVARIOPSIS;

EID: 79952677052     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02434.x     Document Type: Article

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