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Absolute diversification rates in angiosperm clades.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Sept 2001
Magallón S, Sanderson M J
Abstract excerpt
The extraordinary contemporary species richness and ecological predominance of flowering plants (angiosperms) are even more remarkable when considering the relatively recent onset of their evolutionary diversification. We examine the evolutionary diversification of angiosperms and the observed differential distribution of species in angiosperm clades by estimating the rate of diversification for angiosperms as a...
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