Diversification into novel habitats in the Africa clade of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae): erect habit and elephant’s foot tubers

BACKGROUND: Dioscorea is a widely distributed and highly diversified genus in tropical regions where it is represented by ten main clades, one of which diversified exclusively in Africa. In southern Africa it is characterised by a distinct group of species with a pachycaul or “elephant’s foot” struc...

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Autores principales: Maurin, Olivier, Muasya, A. Muthama, Catalan, Pilar, Shongwe, Eugene Z., Viruel, Juan, Wilkin, Paul, van der Bank, Michelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5100304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27821045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0812-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5100304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27821045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0812-z

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