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Citation for Study 10797

About Citation title: "Old?New World And Trans-African Disjunctions of Thamnosma (Rutaceae): Intercontinental Long-Distance Dispersal and Local Differentiation in the Succulent Biome.".
About Study name: "Old?New World And Trans-African Disjunctions of Thamnosma (Rutaceae): Intercontinental Long-Distance Dispersal and Local Differentiation in the Succulent Biome.".
About This study is part of submission 10787 (Status: Published).

Citation

Thiv M., Niet T., Rutschmann F., Thulin M., Brune T., & Linder H. 2011. Old?New World And Trans-African Disjunctions of Thamnosma (Rutaceae): Intercontinental Long-Distance Dispersal and Local Differentiation in the Succulent Biome. American Journal of Botany, .

Authors

  • Thiv M.
  • Niet T.
  • Rutschmann F.
  • Thulin M.
  • Brune T.
  • Linder H.

Abstract

Premise of the study: The succulent biome is highly fragmented throughout the Old and New World. The resulting disjunctions on global and regional scales have been explained by various hypotheses. To evaluate these, we used Thamnosma, which is restricted to the succulent biome and has trans-atlantic and trans-African disjunctions. Its three main distribution centers are in southern North America, southern and eastern Africa including Socotra. Methods: We conducted parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses based on chloroplast and nuclear sequence data. We applied molecular clock calculations using the programs BEAST and MULTIDIVTIME and biogeographic reconstructions using S-DIVA and Lagrange. Key results: Our data indicate a weakly supported paraphyly of the New World species with respect to a palaeotropical lineage, which is further subdivided into a southern African and a Horn of Africa group. The disjunctions in Thamnosma are mostly dated to the Miocene. Conclusions: We conclude that the Old?New World disjunction of Thamnosma is likely the result of long-distance dispersal. The Miocene closure of the arid corridor between southern and eastern Africa in the Miocene may have caused the split within the Old World lineage, thus making a vicariance explanation feasible. The colonization of Socotra is also due to long-distance dispersal. All recent Thamnosma species are part of the succulent biome, and the North American species may have been members of the arid Neogene Madro-Tertiary Geoflora. Phylogenetic niche conservatism, rare long-distance dispersal, and local differentiation account for the diversity among species of Thamnosma.

Keywords

phylogeny, biogeography, disjunctions, molecular dating, Madro-Tertiary flora, succulent biome, Thamnosma, Rutaceae

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