Spatio-temporal history of the endemic genera of Madagascar

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 304-329

  Buerki, Sven ^a   Devey, Dion S ^a   Callmander, Martin W ^b,c   Phillipson, Peter B ^b,d   Forest, Félix ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève ^*  (Switzerland)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Biogeography; Conservation; Divergence time estimation; Molecular phylogenetics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEFORESTATION; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; VICARIANCE;

AFRICA; COMOROS; INDIA; MADAGASCAR; MASCARENE ISLANDS; SEYCHELLES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SARCOLAENACEAE;

EID: 84872505270     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12008     Document Type: Review

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