Correlates of hyperdiversity in southern African ice plants (Aizoaceae)
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Correlates of hyperdiversity in southern African ice plants (Aizoaceae)
The exceptionally high plant diversity of the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) comprises a combination of ancient lineages and young radiations. A previous phylogenetic study of Aizoaceae subfamily Ruschioideae dated the radiation of this clade of > 1500 species in the GCFR to 3.8-8.7 Mya, establishing it as a flagship example of a diversification event triggered by the onset of a summer-ar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0024-4074
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12117