Aim: Are the disjunct distributions of ancient lineages on continents in the Southern Hemisphere determined by vicariance following the Gondwanan tectonic breakup or recent long-distance dispersal? We ...

Amazonia arguably harbours the highest plant species diversity of all wet tropical regions on earth. There is increasing evidence that this enormous diversity is the product of a rather long and ...

Phylogenetics, systematics, and biogeography deal with the identifying, classifying, and understanding the relationships among organisms, including their geographical extent. Methods range from ...