Botanic evidence in favour of land connection between Fuegia and Tasmania during the present floristic epoch
Tasmania is rich in plant vestiges, that is, in the presence of isolated species or small groups which appear to be the last remnants of various migrants or passed floras, and it is an interesting speculation whence came those forms and what topographical conditions of past ages they may indicate. T...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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1914
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.utas.edu.au/16602/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/16602/1/rodway-fuegia-tasmania-1914.pdf |
| Summary: | Tasmania is rich in plant vestiges, that is, in the presence of isolated species or small groups which appear to be the last remnants of various migrants or passed floras, and it is an interesting speculation whence came those forms and what topographical conditions of past ages they may indicate. The only part of this history that has received any attention up to the present is that which appears to give weight to the theory of continuity of land between Tasmania and Fuegia, by way of antarctic or subantarctic regions, during comparatively recent times. The only plants which appear to give any weighty information are those belonging to the genus Fagus, commonly known as beech. |
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