Sequential diversification with Miocene extinction and Pliocene speciation linked to mountain uplift explains the diversity of the African rain forest clade Monodoreae (Annonaceae)

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 133; no. 5-6; pp. 677 - 696
• Main Authors: Dagallier, Léo-Paul M J, Condamine, Fabien L, Couvreur, Thomas L P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press (OUP) 10.05.2024; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Africa; Annonaceae - genetics; Annonaceae - physiology; Bayes Theorem; Biodiversity; Biological Evolution; Climate Change; Environmental Sciences; Extinction, Biological; Genetic Speciation; Original; Phylogeny; Rainforest; Africa; aridification; birth–death models; biogeography; macroevolution; Madagascar; Annonaceae; diversification; forest fragmentation; East Africa; Dahomey Gap; tropical rain forests; Aridification; Forest fragmentation; Macroevolution; Biogeography; Birth-death models; Diversification; Tropical rain forests

Throughout the Cenozoic, Africa underwent several climatic and geological changes impacting the evolution of tropical rain forests (TRFs). African TRFs are thought to have extended from east to west in a 'pan-African' TRF, followed by several events of fragmentation during drier climate pe...