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Did pollination shifts drive diversification in southern African Gladiolus? Evaluating the model of pollinator-driven speciation.

The American naturalist - 1 Jul 2012

Valente Luis M, Manning John C, Goldblatt Peter, Vargas Pablo

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The pollinator-driven ecological speciation model has frequently been invoked to explain plant richness in biodiversity hotspots. Here, by focusing on Gladiolus (260 species), a flagship example of a clade with diverse pollination biology, we test the hypothesis that high species diversity in southern Africa, one of the world's most floristically rich regions, has primarily been driven by ecological shifts in...

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PMID: 22673653
DOI: 10.1086/666003

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