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Unraveling the biogeographical history of Chrysobalanaceae from plastid genomes.
American journal of botany - 1 Jun 2016
Bardon Léa, Sothers Cynthia, Prance Ghillean T, Malé Pierre-Jean G, Xi Zhenxiang, Davis Charles C, Murienne Jerome, García-Villacorta Roosevelt, Coissac Eric, Lavergne Sébastien, Chave Jérôme
Abstract excerpt
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The complex geological and climatic history of the Neotropics has had major implications on the diversification of plant lineages. Chrysobalanaceae is a pantropical family of trees and shrubs with 75% of its 531 species found in the Neotropics, and a time-calibrated phylogeny of this family should shed light on the tempo of diversification in the Neotropical flora. Previously published...
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