Relatedness defies biogeography: The tale of two island endemics (Acacia heterophylla and A. koa)

New Phytologist

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 230-242

  Le Roux, Johannes J ^a   Strasberg, Dominique ^b   Rouget, Mathieu ^c   Morden, Clifford W ^d   Koordom, Megan ^a   Richardson, David M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia heterophylla; Acacia koa; Endemism; Extreme long distance dispersal; Island biogeography; Niche conservatism

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

ACACIA; ACACIA HETEROPHYLLA; ACACIA KOA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON;

ACACIA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; HAWAII; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; POPULATION GENETICS;

ACACIA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME SIZE; GENOME, PLANT; HAWAII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84906942917     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12900     Document Type: Article

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