Miocene Dispersal Drives Island Radiations in the Palm Tribe Trachycarpeae (Arecaceae)

• Published in: Systematic Biology
• Main Authors: Bacon, Christine D., Baker, William J., Simmons, Mark P.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2012
• Subjects: Regular Articles; Major Island; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://sysbio.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/61/3/426; https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syr123

The study of three island groups of the palm tribe Trachycarpeae (Arecaceae/Palmae) permits both the analysis of each independent radiation and comparisons across the tribe to address general processes that drive island diversification. Phylogenetic relationships of Trachycarpeae were inferred from...