Andean Mountain Building Did not Preclude Dispersal of Lowland Epiphytic Orchids in the Neotropics

Abstract The Andean uplift is one of the major orographic events in the New World and has impacted considerably the diversification of numerous Neotropical lineages. Despite its importance for biogeography, the specific role of mountain ranges as a dispersal barrier between South and Central America...

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Main Authors: Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar, Marc Gottschling, Guillaume Chomicki, Fabien L. Condamine, Bente B. Klitgård, Emerson Pansarin, Günter Gerlach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04261-z