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THE CONIFER FLORA OF NEW CALEDONIA – STASIS, EVOLUTION AND SURVIVAL IN AN ANCIENT GROUP
Article number
615_12
Pages
149 – 155
Language
English
Abstract
The diversity of the conifer flora of the Pacific island of New Caledonia is presented and discussed.
It is reviewed in relation to its high degree of generic and species endemism, its distribution in relation to native rock types, its probable antiquity, the reasons for its survival, and the collective roles which evolutionary stasis versus adaptive radiation may have played.
Its significance is stressed in relation to wider overall issues of southern hemisphere conifer evolution.
It is reviewed in relation to its high degree of generic and species endemism, its distribution in relation to native rock types, its probable antiquity, the reasons for its survival, and the collective roles which evolutionary stasis versus adaptive radiation may have played.
Its significance is stressed in relation to wider overall issues of southern hemisphere conifer evolution.
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Authors
C.N. Page
Keywords
Araucariaceae, Cupressaceae, maquis, Podocarpaceae, Taxaceae, ultramafic
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