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Recent vicariance and the origin of the rare, edaphically specialized Sandhills lily, Lilium pyrophilum (Liliaceae): evidence from phylogenetic and coalescent analyses.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2011
Douglas Norman A, Wall Wade A, Xiang Qiu-Yun Jenny, Hoffmann William A, Wentworth Thomas R, Gray Janet B, Hohmann Matthew G
Abstract excerpt
Establishing the phylogenetic and demographic history of rare plants improves our understanding of mechanisms that have led to their origin and can lead to valuable insights that inform conservation decisions. The Atlantic coastal plain of eastern North America harbours many rare and endemic species, yet their evolution is poorly understood. We investigate the rare Sandhills lily (Lilium pyrophilum), which is...
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