Post-Boreotropical dispersals explain the pantropical disjunction in Paederia (Rubiaceae) | Zendy

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Post-Boreotropical dispersals explain the pantropical disjunction in Paederia (Rubiaceae)

Author(s) -

ZeLong Nie,

Tao Deng,

Ying Meng,

Hang Sun,

Jun Wen

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mct053

Subject(s) - pantropical , biology , old world , clade , biogeography , lineage (genetic) , evolutionary biology , phylogenetic tree , genus , molecular clock , biological dispersal , paleontology , zoology , population , genetics , demography , sociology , gene

Pantropical intercontinental disjunction is a common biogeographical pattern in flowering plants exhibiting a discontinuous distribution primarily in tropical Asia, Africa and the Americas. Only a few plant groups with this pattern have been investigated at the generic level with molecular phylogenetic and biogeographical methods. Paederia (Rubiaceae) is a pantropical genus of 31 species of woody lianas, with the greatest species diversity in continental Asia and Madagascar and only two species from tropical America. The aim of this study was to reconstruct the biogeographical history of Paederia based on phylogenetic analyses to explore how the genus attained its pantropical distribution.

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