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Molecular phylogeography of Carapichea ipecacuanha, an amphitropical shrub that occurs in the understory of both semideciduous and evergreen forests.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2010
de Oliveira Luiz Orlando, Rossi Ana Aparecida Bandini, Martins Ernane Ronie, Batista Flávia Reis de Carvalho, Silva Roberta Santos
Abstract excerpt
The medicinal shrub Carapichea ipecacuanha (ipecac) is an amphitropic species with three disjunct areas of distribution. In the Brazilian Atlantic and Amazonian ranges, the species was associated mostly with the understory of seasonal semideciduous forests, whereas in the Central American-Colombian range, the species occurred in the understory of moist evergreen forests. We examined the phylogeographic structure...
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