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Diversification of the African genus Protea (Proteaceae) in the Cape biodiversity hotspot and beyond: equal rates in different biomes.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Mar 2010

Valente Luis M, Reeves Gail, Schnitzler Jan, Mason Ilana Pizer, Fay Michael F, Rebelo Tony G, Chase Mark W, Barraclough Timothy G

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The Cape region of South Africa is a hotspot of flowering plant biodiversity. However, the reasons why levels of diversity and endemism are so high remain obscure. Here, we reconstructed phylogenetic relationships among species in the genus Protea, which has its center of species richness and endemism in the Cape, but also extends through tropical Africa as far as Eritrea and Angola. Contrary to previous views,...

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PMID: 19804404
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00856.x

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