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Multi-locus phylogenies of the genus Barteria (Passifloraceae) portray complex patterns in the evolution of myrmecophytism.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Mar 2013
Peccoud Jean, Piatscheck Finn, Yockteng Roxana, Garcia Marjorie, Sauve Mathieu, Djiéto-Lordon Champlain, Harris David J, Wieringa Jan J, Breteler Frans J, Born Céline, McKey Doyle, Blatrix Rumsaïs
Abstract excerpt
The four species of the central African genus Barteria show variation in habitat and in degree of association with ants. Whereas B. solida, restricted to submontane forests, attracts opportunistic ants to extrafloral nectar, the three other species, found in lowland rainforests (B. fistulosa, B. dewevrei) and in littoral scrub (B. nigritana), possess stem domatia of varying shapes and degrees of specialisation,...
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