Diversification into novel habitats in the Africa clade of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae): erect habit and elephant's foot tubers

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-17

  Maurin, Olivier ^a,b   Muasya, A Muthama ^c   Catalan, Pilar ^d,e   Shongwe, Eugene Z ^a   Viruel, Juan ^f,g   Wilkin, Paul ^b   Van der Bank, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^g AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

"elephant's foot"; Biogeography; Dioscoreales; Fire adaptation; Habitat transition; Pachycaul; Southern Africa; Yams

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIRE; GROWTH FORM; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TUBER; VEGETATION TYPE; YAM;

CAPE PENINSULA; EAST AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA BUCHANANII; DIOSCOREACEAE; DIOSCOREALES;

AFRICA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DIOSCOREACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; YAM;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84994131129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0812-z     Document Type: Article

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