TY - JOUR
T1 - Historical legacies in the geographical diversity patterns of New World palm (Arecaceae) subfamilies
AU - Bjorholm, Stine
AU - Svenning, Jens-Christian
AU - Baker, William
AU - Balslev, Henrik
AU - Skov, Flemming
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The extent to which species richness patterns of the major palm subfamilies in the Americas are controlled by lineage history was studied. Based on the fossil record, we suggest that the subfamily Coryphoideae has followed a boreotropical dispersal route into Central and South America, whereas calamoideae (tribe Lepidocaryeae), Ceroxyloideae and Arecoideae have Gondwana/South America-biased histories. However, Arecoideae has been present and diverse in both South and Central America at least since the early Tertiary
AB - The extent to which species richness patterns of the major palm subfamilies in the Americas are controlled by lineage history was studied. Based on the fossil record, we suggest that the subfamily Coryphoideae has followed a boreotropical dispersal route into Central and South America, whereas calamoideae (tribe Lepidocaryeae), Ceroxyloideae and Arecoideae have Gondwana/South America-biased histories. However, Arecoideae has been present and diverse in both South and Central America at least since the early Tertiary
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0024-4066
VL - 151
SP - 113
EP - 125
JO - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
JF - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
IS - 1
ER -