Temporal and spatial origin of Gesneriaceae in the New World inferred from plastid DNA sequences

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-79

  Perret, Mathieu ^a   Chautems, Alain ^a   De Araujo, Andréa Onofre ^b   Salamin, Nicolas ^c,d  

^a Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genéve ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Andes; Australasia; Brazilian Atlantic forest; Dispersal; Historical biogeography; Lamiales; Molecular dating; Neotropics; Phylogeny; Radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANDES; ATLANTIC FOREST; AUSTRALASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); UNITED STATES;

CALCEOLARIACEAE; CORONANTHEREAE; GESNERIACEAE; GESNERIOIDEAE; LAMIALES; LINDERNIACEAE; MYA; PELTANTHERA; SANANGO; TITANOTRICHUM;

EID: 84871219092     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01303.x     Document Type: Article

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