Paleocene Malvaceae from northern South America and their biogeographical implications

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1337-1355

  Carvalho, Mónica R ^a,b,c   Herrera, Fabiany A ^b,d   Jaramillo, Carlos A ^b   Wing, Scott L ^e   Callejas, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Eumalvoideae; Fossil leaves; Leaf architecture; Malvaceae; Neotropics; Paleobiogeography; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCENE; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; POLLEN; RAINFOREST;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; MALVACEAE; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

FOSSILS; MALVACEAE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAVES; POLLEN; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

COLOMBIA;

BOMBACOIDEAE; MALVACEAE; MALVOIDEAE;

EID: 84858390692     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000539     Document Type: Article

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