South-west Sri Lanka: a floristic refugium in South Asia

South-west Sri Lanka: a floristic refugium in South Asia

<p>In South Asia, south-west Sri Lanka alone represents the sole surviving perhumid region where Mixed Dipterocarp Forests (MDF) harbour a number of relict signature taxa providing evidence of ancient plant migration routes from Gondwana to perhumid Far Eastern Sunda land, at least partially &...

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Main Authors: Nimal Gunatilleke, Savitri Gunatilleke, Peter Shaw Ashton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2017-11-01
Series:Ceylon Journal of Science
Subjects:
sri lanka-western ghats biodiversity hotspot, out of india hypothesis, south-west sri lanka, floristic refugium, phytogeography, mixed dipterocarp forest
Online Access:https://cjs.sljol.info/articles/7454

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