Insights on the evolution of plant succulence from a remarkable radiation in Madagascar (Euphorbia)

Systematic Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 698-711

  Evans, Margaret ^a,b,c   Aubriot, Xavier ^c,d   Hearn, David ^e   Lanciaux, Maxime ^c   Lavergne, Sebastien ^f   Cruaud, Corinne ^g   Lowry II, Porter P ^c,h   Haevermans, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^g CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^h MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate; Comparative analysis; Euphorbia; Ordination; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; EUPHORBIA; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; EUPHORBIA; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SPECIATION; MADAGASCAR; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84906278908     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syu035     Document Type: Article

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