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Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an eight‐locus plastid phylogeny

American Journal of Botany · 2011 · Vol. 98(5) · pp. 872–895

Thomas J. Givnish✉(University of Wisconsin–Madison)Michael H. J. Barfuss(University of Vienna)Benjamin W. van Ee(Harvard University)Ricarda Riina(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)Katharina Schulte(Goethe University Frankfurt)Ralf Horres(GenXPro (Germany))Philip A. Gonsiska(University of Wisconsin System)Rachel S. Jabaily(Old Dominion University)Darren M. Crayn(James Cook University)J. Andrew C. Smith(University of Oxford)Klaus Winter(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)Gregory K. Brown(University of Wyoming)Timothy M. Evans(Grand Valley State University)Bruce K. Holst(Marie Selby Botanical Gardens)Harry E. Luther(Marie Selby Botanical Gardens)Walter Till(University of Vienna)Georg Zizka(Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M)Paul E. Berry(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)Kenneth J. Sytsma(University of Wisconsin System)

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Abstract

Nearly two-thirds of extant bromeliads belong to two large radiations: the core tillandsioids, originating in the Andes ca. 14.2 Ma, and the Brazilian Shield bromelioids, originating in the Serro do Mar and adjacent regions ca. 9.1 Ma.

Fern and Epiphyte Biology Plant Diversity and Evolution Plant and animal studiesBiologyNdhFPhylogeneticsBromeliaceaeBiogeographyMaximum parsimonyCharacter evolutionEvolutionary biologyBotanyEcology

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Bayes TheoremBiological EvolutionMolecular Sequence DataNADH DehydrogenasePhylogenyPlant ProteinsLikelihood FunctionsSequence AlignmentGenes, PlantSequence Analysis, DNAPlastidsDNA, PlantEvolution, MolecularBromeliaceae