Phylogeography of Arenaria balearica L. (Caryophyllaceae): evolutionary history of a disjunct endemic from the Western Mediterranean continental islands

Although it has been traditionally accepted that Arenaria balearica (Caryophyllaceae) could be a relict Tertiary plant species, this has never been experimentally tested. Nor have the palaeohistorical reasons underlying the highly fragmented distribution of the species in the Western Mediterranean r...

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Main Authors: Javier Bobo-Pinilla, Sara B. Barrios de León, Jaume Seguí Colomar, Giuseppe Fenu, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Julio Peñas de Giles, María Montserrat Martínez-Ortega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2618.pdf