Comment on “Eocene Fagaceae from Patagonia and Gondwanan legacy in Asian rainforests”

Wilf et al . (Research Articles, 7 June 2019, eaaw5139) claim that Castanopsis evolved in the Southern Hemisphere from where it spread to its modern distribution in Southeast Asia. However, extensive paleobotanical records of Antarctica and Australia lack evidence of any Fagaceae, and molecular patt...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Denk, Thomas, Hill, Robert S., Simeone, Marco C., Cannon, Chuck, Dettmann, Mary E., Manos, Paul S.
Other Authors: Vetenskapsrådet
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2019
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz2189
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.aaz2189
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Summary:Wilf et al . (Research Articles, 7 June 2019, eaaw5139) claim that Castanopsis evolved in the Southern Hemisphere from where it spread to its modern distribution in Southeast Asia. However, extensive paleobotanical records of Antarctica and Australia lack evidence of any Fagaceae, and molecular patterns indicate shared biogeographic histories of Castanopsis , Castanea , Lithocarpus , and Quercus subgenus Cerris , making the southern route unlikely.

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