Cenozoic extinction and recolonization in the New Zealand flora: The case of the fleshy-fruited epacrids (Styphelieae, Styphelioideae, Ericaceae)

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 203 - 214
• Main Authors: Puente-Lelièvre, Caroline, Harrington, Mark G., Brown, Elizabeth A., Kuzmina, Maria, Crayn, Darren M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Age; Bayes Theorem; Bayesian relaxed-clock; biogeography; Biological Evolution; Cenozoic extinction; classification; Dating; Dating techniques; DNA, Chloroplast; DNA, Chloroplast - genetics; DNA, Plant; DNA, Plant - genetics; Ericaceae; Ericaceae - classification; Ericaceae - genetics; Evolution; Evolutionary; extinction; Extinction, Biological; flora; Fossils; genetics; Likelihood Functions; New Guinea; new species; New Zealand; Origins; Phylogeny; sediments; sisters; Styphelieae; Tasmania; New Zealand; New Guinea; Tasmania; New Zealand; Cenozoic extinction; Styphelieae; Ericaceae; Bayesian relaxed-clock

[Display omitted] ► New Zealand Styphelieae closely relate to Australian and Tasmanian taxa. ► Styphelieae have not been continuously present in New Zealand since the Miocene. ► C. novae-zelandiae lineage went extinct in New Zealand. ► The Styphelieae recolonised New Zealand during the Pliocene–Plei...