Dispersal pathways across the Pacific: The historical biogeography of Astelia s.l. (Asteliaceae, Asparagales)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1914-1927

  Birch, Joanne L ^a   Keeley, Sterling C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral area reconstruction; Australia; Long distance dispersal; Molecular dating; New Zealand; Pacific islands; Phylogeny; Stepping stone dispersal

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENY; RANGE EXPANSION;

AUSTRAL ISLANDS; AUSTRALIA; FIJI; MARQUESAS ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW GUINEA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAMOA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA; VANUATU;

ASPARAGALES; ASTELIA; ASTELIACEAE; COLLOSPERMUM;

EID: 84884707278     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12169     Document Type: Article

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