Correlates of hyperdiversity in southern African ice plants (Aizoaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-129

  Valente, Luis M ^a   Britton, Adam W ^a   Powell, Martyn P ^a   Papadopulos, Alexander S T ^a   Burgoyne, Priscilla M ^b   Savolainen, Vincent ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aridification; Diversification rates; Greater Cape Floristic Region; Ruschioideae; Succulent Karoo

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARIDIFICATION; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; DATING METHOD; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEM; TREE;

SUCCULENT KAROO;

AIZOACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM; MYA;

EID: 84890428214     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12117     Document Type: Article

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