Accelerated diversification and functional trait evolution in Velloziaceae reveal new insights into the origins of the campos rupestres’ exceptional floristic richness

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 122; no. 1; pp. 165 - 180
• Main Authors: Alcantara, Suzana, Ree, Richard H, Mello-Silva, Renato
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 28.06.2018
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; Africa; Biodiversity; biogeography; Biological Evolution; Brazil; Desiccation; drought tolerance; Ecosystem; global warming; habitats; indigenous species; leaves; Magnoliopsida - genetics; Magnoliopsida - physiology; Magnoliopsida - radiation effects; Miocene epoch; Neotropics; Oligocene epoch; Original; Phenotype; Phylogeny; Plant Stems - genetics; Plant Stems - physiology; Plant Stems - radiation effects; sandy soils; species richness; stems; vegetation; Vellozia; Brazil; Africa; mountain diversity; Adaptive radiation; Neotropics; ecological strategies; Pandanales
• ISSN: 0305-7364; 1095-8290; 1095-8290
• DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy063

Abstract Background and Aims The greater diversity of plant clades in the Neotropics compared to their relatives in Africa is a pervasive pattern in biogeography. To better understand the causes of this imbalance, we studied the diversification dynamics of the monocot family Velloziaceae. In additio...