Giant taro and its relatives: A phylogeny of the large genus Alocasia (Araceae) sheds light on Miocene floristic exchange in the Malesian region

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-51

  Nauheimer, Lars ^a   Boyce, Peter C ^b   Renner, Susanne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ancestral area reconstruction; Colocasia; Miocene climatic optimum; Molecular clock; Sundaland; Wallacea

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PLANT DNA;

ALOCASIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BORNEO; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALOCASIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BORNEO; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, PLANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALOCASIA; ALOCASIA CUCULLATA; ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ARACEAE; COLOCASIA (ANGIOSPERM); COLOCASIA GIGANTEA; GABAZA; PISTIA; REMUSATIA; STEUDNERA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84857239359     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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