From mesic to arid: Leaf epidermal features suggest preadaptation in Miocene dragon trees (Dracaena)

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 200, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-228

  Denk, Thomas ^a   Güner, Tuncay H ^b   Grimm, Guido W ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dracaena; Dragon tree group; Evolution; Fossil; Pre adaptation; Range shift

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; SHRUB;

AFRICA; ANATOLIA; TURKEY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84887158553     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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