A phylogenetic and biogeographic study of Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae) in the Philippines: Limited dispersal and high island endemism

2019/07/04 by Pieter B. Pelser, Daniel L. Nickrent, Benjamin W. van Ee +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant Parasitism and Resistance #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

paper · doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106555

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Citations

• An ITS phylogeny of tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae) and a new delimitation of <i>Senecio</i> L.
• Untangling a vine and its parasite: Host specificity of Philippine <i>Rafflesia</i> (Rafflesiaceae)
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Discussions

• All the species are rare, localised, and most on just one island. They seem to have arrived from Borneo about 40 million years ago, and slowly colonised the archipelago. They're picky about their host [bsky, 4 points, 1 comments]