A new species of Bidens (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) from Starbuck Island provides evidence for a second colonization of Pacific Islands by the genus

An unknown Bidens was recently discovered on Starbuck Island, a small, remote coral atoll in the South Pacific and one of the least visited islands in the world. I determined the identity and evolutionary origin of this Bidens using both morphological analyses and phylogenetic relationships in Bid...

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Main Author: Sayre, Cynthia
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11834