Unravelling the palaeobiogeographical history of the living fossil genus Rehderodendron (Styracaceae) with fossil and extant pollen and fruit data

Abstract Background The relict genus Rehderodendron (Styracaceae), the species of which are restricted to mostly warm temperate to tropical climate in East Asia today, is known from fossil fruits and pollen in Europe during warmer periods from the lower Eocene to Pliocene. To infer which extant spec...

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Main Authors: Christa-Charlotte Hofmann, Wan-Yi Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:BMC Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02097-4