Intense uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau triggered rapid diversification of Phyllolobium (Leguminosae) in the Late Cenozoic

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 491-499

  Zhang, Ming Li ^a,b   Kang, Yun ^c   Zhong, Yang ^d   Sanderson, Stewart C ^e  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

endemism; ITS; Phyllolobium; phylogenetic dating; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau intense uplift

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); CALOPHACA; CARAGANA; COLUTEA; DALBERGIA; FABACEAE; HEDYSARUM; OXYTROPIS; PHYLLOLOBIUM; PUERARIA; SPHAEROPHYSA; SWAINSONA;

EID: 84871993887     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2012.727875     Document Type: Article

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