Sympatric speciation in palms on an oceanic island

Vincent Savolainen (), Marie-Charlotte Anstett, Christian Lexer, Ian Hutton, James J. Clarkson, Maria V. Norup, Martyn P. Powell, David Springate, Nicolas Salamin and William J. Baker
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Vincent Savolainen: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Marie-Charlotte Anstett: Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Ecology, UMR 5175
Christian Lexer: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
James J. Clarkson: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Maria V. Norup: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Martyn P. Powell: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
David Springate: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Nicolas Salamin: University of Lausanne
William J. Baker: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Nature, 2006, vol. 441, issue 7090, 210-213

Abstract: Two species of Howea palm endemic to the remote Lord Howe Island are sister taxa and diverged from each other well after the island was formed 6.9 million years ago — providing clear support for sympatric speciation.

Date: 2006
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