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15519974

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1450
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-2
pubmed:abstractText
This paper reviews how and when African rainforest diversity arose, presenting evidence from both plant and animal studies. Preliminary investigations show that these African forests are an assemblage of species of varying age. Phylogenetic evidence, from both African rainforest angiosperms and vertebrates, suggest a Tertiary origin for the major lineages in some of these groups. In groups where savannah species are well represented and rainforest species are a minority, the latter appear to be relics of a Mid-Tertiary rainforest. By contrast, species that are primarily adapted to rainforest have arisen in the past 10 Myr with the main morphological innovations dating from the Late Miocene, and Quaternary speciation dominating in large, morphologically homogeneous groups. The small number of species-level phylogenies for African rainforest plants hinders a more incisive and detailed study into the historical assembly of these continental forests.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0962-8436
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
359
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1585-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanisms and tempo of evolution in the African Guineo-Congolian rainforest.
pubmed:affiliation
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK. v.plana@rbge.org.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Review