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Recent phylogeographic structure of a “weedy” widespread Neotropical tree species, Cordia alliodora (Boraginaceae)
(Blackwell, 2013)
Aim Although hundreds of tree species have broad geographic ranges in the Neotropics, little is known about how such widespread species attained disjunct distributions around mountain, ocean and xeric barriers. Here, we ...
Anonymous and EST-based microsatellite DNA markers that transfer broadly across the fig genus (Ficus, Moraceae)
(2012)
• Premise of the study: We developed a set of microsatellite markers for broad utility across the species-rich pantropical tree genus Ficus (fig trees). The markers were developed to study population structure, hybridization, ...
Three new species of Bunchosia (Malpighiaceae): B. cuscana, B. hedraiophylla, and B. neillii
(2015-07-15)
Three new species of Bunchosia are described and illustrated. Bunchosia cuscana from Andean Peru bears two pseudoracemes per leaf axil, instead of the more common single inflorescence, and is compared with B. argentea with ...
Characterization of twenty-six microsatellite markers for the tropical pioneer tree species Cecropia insignis Liebm (Urticaceae)
(Springer, 2014-12)
Cecropia insignis is an ecologically important Neotropical pioneer tree and major vertebrate food source. Although this species is relatively common in faunally intact tropical rainforests, its population dynamics may be ...
Comment on “Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition”
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017-10-20)
Levis et al. (Research Articles, 3 March 2017, p. 925) concluded that pre-Columbian tree
domestication has shaped present-day Amazonian forest composition.The study, however,
downplays five centuries of human influence ...
Comparative phylogeography of red maple (Acer rubrum L.) and silver maple (Acer saccharinum L.): impacts of habitat specialization, hybridization and glacial history
(2011)
Aim We analysed variation in chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) in red maple (Acer rubrum L.) and silver maple (Acer saccharinum L.) across a large part of their geographic ranges. Acer rubrum is one of the most common and morphologically ...
RESEARCH PAPER Genomic evidence of a widespread southern distribution during the Last Glacial Maximum for two eastern North American hickory species
(Wiley, 2018-06-08)
Aim: Phylogeographical studies of temperate forest taxa often infer complex histories
involving population subdivision into distinct refugia during the Last Glacial
Maximum (LGM). However, some temperate deciduous trees ...
Amazon divergence and cross-Andean dispersal of a widespread Neotropical tree species (Jacaranda copaia, Bignoniaceae)
(Blackwell, 2013)
Aim The phylogeographical history of Neotropical species can be difficult to reconstruct because of superimposed Neogene and Quaternary histories, and because of taxonomic uncertainty. We analysed range-wide genetic diversity ...
Speciation slowing down in widespread and long-living tree taxa: insights from the tropical timber tree genus Milicia (Moraceae).
(MacMillan Publishers, 2014-02)
The long generation time and large effective size of widespread forest tree species can result in slow evolutionary rate and incomplete lineage sorting, complicating species delimitation. We addressed this issue with the ...