Plant systematics and biogeography in the Australasian tropics

Phylogenetic Systematics and Biogeography: Using Cladograms in Historical Biogeography Methods

Biogeography of the Australian monsoon tropics

School of Plant Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. 7000, Australia, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia, National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Vic. 3141, Australia, Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory, Department of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport, GPO Box 4646, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia, School of ...

Molecular phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata): systematics and biogeography

We present a comprehensively sampled three-gene phylogeny of the monophyletic Forcipulatacea, one of three major lineages within the crown-group Asteroidea. We present substantially more Southern Hemisphere and deep-sea taxa than were sampled in previous molecular studies of this group. Morphologically distinct groups, such as the Brisingida and the Zoroasteridae, are upheld as monophyletic. Br...

Molecular systematics and biogeography of the Neotropical monkey genus, Alouatta.

We take advantage of the broad distribution of howler monkeys from Mexico to Argentina to provide a historical biogeographical analysis on a regional scale that encompasses the entire Neotropics. The phylogenetic relationships among 9 of the 10 recognized Alouatta species were inferred using three mitochondrial and two nuclear genes. The nuclear gene regions provided no phylogenetic resolution ...

Molecular systematics and biogeography of the genus Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Butterflies of the genus Zizina are widely distributed in all zoogeographical regions except the New World (North and South America) and the northern part of Eurasia. We address some of the problems in regard to the taxonomy and biogeography of the genus. We inferred phylogenetic relationships for all four species in the current classification of this genus from the ND5 region of mtDNA. From ou...