Radiation and repeated transoceanic dispersal of Schoeneae (Cyperaceae) through the southern hemisphere

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2494-2508

  Viljoen, Jan Adriaan ^a   Muasya, Muthama ^a   Barrett, Russell L ^c,d   Bruhl, Jeremy J ^b   Gibbs, Adele K ^e   Slingsby, Jasper A ^e   Wilson, Karen L ^f,g   Verboom, G Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^f South African Environmental Observatory Network   (South Africa)

^g ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cyperaceae; Dispersal extinction cladogenesis; Habitat shift; Niche conservatism; Polytomy prior; Schoeneae; Transoceanic dispersal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANCESTRY; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NICHE; PALEOCENE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SEDGE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AUSTRALIA;

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYPERACEAE; DISPERSAL-EXTINCTION-CLADOGENESIS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT SHIFT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NICHE CONSERVATISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISPERSAL; POLYTOMY PRIOR; SCHOENEAE; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSOCEANIC DISPERSAL;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CYPERACEAE; DISPERSAL-EXTINCTION-CLADOGENESIS; HABITAT SHIFT; NICHE CONSERVATISM; POLYTOMY PRIOR; SCHOENEAE; TRANSOCEANIC DISPERSAL;

AUSTRALIA; CYPERACEAE; DNA, PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISPERSAL;

EID: 84890029206     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300105     Document Type: Article

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