Phylogeny and Biogeography of Carnivorous Plant Family Nepenthaceae With Reference to the Indian Pitcher Plant Nepenthes Khasiana Reveals an Indian Subcontinent Origin of Nepenthes Colonization in South East Asia During the Miocene Epoch

Phylogeny and Biogeography of Carnivorous Plant Family Nepenthaceae With Reference to the Indian Pitcher Plant Nepenthes Khasiana Reveals an Indian Subcontinent Origin of Nepenthes Colonization in South East Asia During the Miocene Epoch

Carnivorous plants popularly known as green predators have long fascinated scientists and general public alike owing to their fascinating trapping mechanisms. Botanical carnivory has evolved independently in five angiosperm orders. In spite of these independent origins, a remarkable convergence of m...

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Main Authors: Devendra K. Biswal, Manish Debnath, Ruchishree Konhar, Sureni Yanthan, Pramod Tandon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Nepenthes khasiana
ancestral area reconstruction
tree diagrams
taxon gap
biogeography
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00108/full

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