Global biogeography and diversification of palms sheds light on the evolution of tropical lineages. I. Historical biogeography

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 274-285

  Baker, William J ^a   Couvreur, Thomas L P ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Ancestral area reconstruction; Arecaceae; Boreotropical hypothesis; Historical biogeography; Molecular dating; Palmae; Tropical rain forests

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DATING METHOD; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAURENTIA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RAINFOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE; ARECEAE; ARECOIDEAE; CALAMOIDEAE; CEROXYLOIDEAE; CORYPHOIDEAE;

EID: 84872598914     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02795.x     Document Type: Article

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