The central Mediterranean as a phytodiversity hotchpotch: Phylogeographical patterns of the Anthemis secundiramea group (Compositae, Anthemideae) across the Sicilian Channel

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1109-1124

  Lo Presti, Rosa Maria ^a   Oberprieler, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFLP; Anthemis; Asteraceae; Chloroplast dna; Geomorphology; Historical biogeography; Hybridization; Mediterranean; Population genetic variation; Sicilian channel

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CHLOROPLAST; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

ITALY; NORTH AFRICA; SICILY;

ANTHEMIDEAE; ANTHEMIS; ANTHEMIS ARVENSIS; ANTHEMIS PEDUNCULATA; ANTHEMIS PEREGRINA; ANTHEMIS SECUNDIRAMEA; ANTHEMIS URVILLEANA; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 79955833359     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02464.x     Document Type: Article

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