@article {gottschling_testing_2004, title = {Testing hypotheses on disjunctions present in the primarily woody Boraginales: Ehretiaceae, Cordiaceae, and Heliotropiaceae, inferred from ITS1 sequence data}, journal = {Int. J. Plant Sci.}, volume = {165}, number = {4 Suppl.}, year = {2004}, pages = {S123{\textendash}S135}, abstract = {

Hypotheses on the origin of the current distribution patterns and bicontinental disjunctions of Cordiaceae, Ehretiaceae, and Heliotropiaceae (Primarily Woody Boraginales) are tested by pairwise comparison of Kimura two-parameter distances. Estimated absolute dates of fossils and geological events (plate tectonics, climate changes) were used to calibrate a molecular clock. A mid-Cretaceous origin of the Primarily Woody Boraginales is proposed with an initial diversification in South America. Plate tectonics appear to play a minor role in their phylogeography. Most disjunctions are best explained by the rare events of long-distance dispersal because of the widespread occurrence of drupaceous fruits and their potential for endozoochoria. Furthermore, migrations and extinctions might have played a considerable role in the formation of the current distribution patterns.

}, keywords = {{ITS1}, distribution, divergence rate, Kimura two-parameter distances, long-distance dispersal, paleoclimate, phylogeography, vicariance.}, author = {Marc Gottschling and Diane, N and HH Hilger and M. Weigend} }