Patterns of diversification amongst tropical regions compared: a case study in Sapotaceae

Patterns of diversification amongst tropical regions compared: a case study in Sapotaceae

Species diversity is unequally distributed across the globe, with the greatest concentration occurring in the tropics. Even within the tropics, there are significant differences in the numbers of taxa found in each continental region. Manilkara is a pantropical genus of trees in the Sapotaceae compr...

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Main Authors: Kate eArmstrong, Graham eStone, James eNicholls, Eugenio eValderrama Escallon, Arne eAnderberg, Jenny eSmedmark, Laurent eGautier, Yamama eNaciri, Richard eMilne, James Edward Richardson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
Manilkara
Sapotaceae
biogeography
diversification rates
pantropical
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2014.00362/full

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