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Long-distance dispersal of the coconut palm by migration within the coral atoll ecosystem

Author(s) -

H. C. Harries,

Charles R. Clément

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/mct293

Subject(s) - atoll , biology , biological dispersal , coral , ecosystem , seed dispersal , palm , ecology , reef , population , demography , sociology , physics , quantum mechanics

The location of the original home of the coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, and the extent of its natural dispersal are not known. Proponents of a South American origin must explain why it is not indigenous there and why it shows greatest diversity in southern Asia. Conversely, proponents of an Asian origin must explain why there are no Asian Cocoseae and why the closest botanical relative to Cocos is in South America. Both hypotheses share the common problems of how, when, where and in what directions long-distance dispersal occurred.

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