Unraveling the biogeographical history of Chrysobalanaceae from plastid genomes

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Léa Bardon · Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

Cynthia A. Sothers · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ghillean Τ. Prance · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Pierre‐Jean G. Malé · University of Toronto

Zhenxiang Xi · Harvard University

Charles C. Davis · Harvard University

Jérôme Murienne

Abstract

Given the diverse ecologies exhibited by extant species, we hypothesize that the rapid diversification of Chrysobalanaceae following the colonization of the Neotropics was triggered by habitat specialization during the complex geological and paleoclimatic history of the Neotropics.

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Plant Diversity and Evolution Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

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Published in: American Journal of Botany

Volume 103, Issue 6, pp. 1089-1102

DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500463

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Unraveling the biogeographical history of Chrysobalanaceae from plastid genomes

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