Biogeography of Coptis Salisb. (Ranunculales, Ranunculaceae, Coptidoideae), an Eastern Asian and North American genus

Biogeography of Coptis Salisb. (Ranunculales, Ranunculaceae, Coptidoideae), an Eastern Asian and North American genus

Abstract Background Numerous studies have favored dispersal (colonization) over vicariance (past fragmentation) events to explain eastern Asian-North American distribution patterns. In plants, however the disjunction between eastern Asia and western North America has been rarely examined using the i...

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Main Authors: Kun-Li Xiang, Andrey S. Erst, Xiao-Guo Xiang, Florian Jabbour, Wei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Ancestral range evolution
Climate change
Coptis
Eastern Asian
Taiwan
Western North America
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1195-0

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