Paleobiology of the genus Hypericum (Hypericaceae): a survey of the fossil record and its palaeogeographic implications
Genus Hypericum is one of the 100 largest genera in angiosperms with nearly 500 species. Despite its worldwide, nearly cosmopolitan distribution and apparently old age – there are fossil remains of relatives from the Mid Cretaceous - the fossil record of Hypericum has been largely overlooked in phyl...
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| author | Andrea S. Meseguer Isabel Sanmartín |
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| description | Genus Hypericum is one of the 100 largest genera in angiosperms with nearly 500 species. Despite its worldwide, nearly cosmopolitan distribution and apparently old age – there are fossil remains of relatives from the Mid Cretaceous - the fossil record of Hypericum has been largely overlooked in phylogenetic studies. Here, we survey the fossil record of Hypericum from the literature, with special emphasis on the oldest fossil remain, Hypericum antiquum, from which we reassess its diagnostic characters. We evaluate the implications of this record in reconstructing the past geographic distribution of genus Hypericum. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06c6f82bdb57498985e11c3f635006e72022-12-21T21:24:43ZengConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasAnales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid0211-13221988-31962012-06-016919710610.3989/ajbm.2306353Paleobiology of the genus Hypericum (Hypericaceae): a survey of the fossil record and its palaeogeographic implicationsAndrea S. Meseguer0Isabel Sanmartín1Real Jardín Botánico, CSICReal Jardín Botánico, CSICGenus Hypericum is one of the 100 largest genera in angiosperms with nearly 500 species. Despite its worldwide, nearly cosmopolitan distribution and apparently old age – there are fossil remains of relatives from the Mid Cretaceous - the fossil record of Hypericum has been largely overlooked in phylogenetic studies. Here, we survey the fossil record of Hypericum from the literature, with special emphasis on the oldest fossil remain, Hypericum antiquum, from which we reassess its diagnostic characters. We evaluate the implications of this record in reconstructing the past geographic distribution of genus Hypericum.http://rjb.revistas.csic.es/index.php/rjb/article/view/374boreotropicalfossilhypericumpalaeogeographypollensedes |
| spellingShingle | Andrea S. Meseguer Isabel Sanmartín Paleobiology of the genus Hypericum (Hypericaceae): a survey of the fossil record and its palaeogeographic implications Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid boreotropical fossil hypericum palaeogeography pollen sedes |
| title | Paleobiology of the genus Hypericum (Hypericaceae): a survey of the fossil record and its palaeogeographic implications |
| title_full | Paleobiology of the genus Hypericum (Hypericaceae): a survey of the fossil record and its palaeogeographic implications |
| title_fullStr | Paleobiology of the genus Hypericum (Hypericaceae): a survey of the fossil record and its palaeogeographic implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Paleobiology of the genus Hypericum (Hypericaceae): a survey of the fossil record and its palaeogeographic implications |
| title_short | Paleobiology of the genus Hypericum (Hypericaceae): a survey of the fossil record and its palaeogeographic implications |
| title_sort | paleobiology of the genus hypericum hypericaceae a survey of the fossil record and its palaeogeographic implications |
| topic | boreotropical fossil hypericum palaeogeography pollen sedes |
| url | http://rjb.revistas.csic.es/index.php/rjb/article/view/374 |
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