Geographical distribution of present day Poaceae as evidence for the origin of African floras
The major tribes and sub-families of grasses occupy worldwide latitudinal belts, which can be related to an evolutionary sequence of climatic adaptations. However, genera tend to be confined to individual continents, suggesting that grasses do not easily cross the oceans, and that the worldwide dist...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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South African National Biodiversity Institut
1983-11-01
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Series: | Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation |
Online Access: | https://abcjournal.org/index.php/abc/article/view/1188 |