Phylogenetic analysis of Attalea (Arecaceae): insights into the historical biogeography of a recently diversified Neotropical plant group

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 287-302

  Freitas, Cintia ^a,b   Meerow, Alan W ^c   Pintaud, Jean Christophe ^d   Henderson, Andrew ^a   Noblick, Larry ^e   Costa, Flavia R C ^f   Barbosa, Carlos E ^f   Barrington, David ^b  

^a NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e MONTGOMERY BOTANICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; molecular phylogeny; neotropics; palm phylogeny; South America

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; COMMON ANCESTRY; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; DRY FOREST; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

AMAZONIA; ANDES; ATLANTIC FOREST; GREATER ANTILLES; MESOAMERICA; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ARECACEAE; ATTALEA; ATTALEA CRASSISPATHA; AVES; MYA;

EID: 84980315559     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12466     Document Type: Article

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