Net diversification rates of the woody plant genus Petalidium (Acanthaceae) are highest in the ancient and arid Namib Desert

At present, tropical arid biomes house less woody plant species diversity than tropical moist biomes, which could be due to lower rates of evolutionary diversification in the recent or distant past. Here, we study the evolutionary diversification of Petalidium (Acanthaceae), a genus of 36 species of...

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Main Authors: Oriane Loiseau, Erin A. Manzitto-Tripp, Wessel Swanepoel, Kyle G. Dexter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1193728/full