Nuclear and chloroplast DNA phylogeography suggests an Early Miocene southward expansion of Lithocarpus (Fagaceae) on the Asian continent and islands
Abstract Background Most genera of Fagaceae are thought to have originated in the temperate regions except for the genus Lithocarpus, the stone oaks. Lithocarpus is distributed in subtropical and tropical Asia, and its ancestral population is hypothesized to be distributed in tropical regions in Bor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Botanical Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40529-018-0244-8 |