Ancient relicts or recent dispersal: How long have cycads been in central Australia?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-316

  Ingham, James A ^a   Forster, Paul I ^b   Crisp, Michael D ^c   Cook, Lyn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HERBARIUM   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cycad; MacDonnell Ranges; Macrozamia; Macrozamia macdonnellii; Relict

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHLOROPLAST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DESERT; DISPERSAL; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GYMNOSPERM; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REFUGE; REGIONALIZATION; RELICT COMMUNITY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; MACDONNELL RANGES; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CYCADOPHYTA; CYCADOPSIDA; MACROZAMIA;

EID: 84874211952     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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