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2020
Journal article
New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora
New Guinea is the world’s largest tropical island and has fascinated naturalists for centuries. Home to some of the best-preserved ecosystems on the planet3 and to intact ecological gradients—from mangroves to tropical alpine grasslands—that are unmatched in the Asia-Pacific region4,5, it is a globally recognized centre of biological and cultural... -
2022
Journal article
Phylogenomics and generic limits of Dypsidinae (Arecaceae), the largest palm radiation in Madagascar.
Eiserhardt, Wolf L. ; Bellot, Sidonie ; Cowan, Robyn S. ; Dransfield, John ; Hansen, Lars Emil S.F. …
Target sequence capture, Madagascar, Hyb-Seq, Dypsis, Phylogeny, Chrysalidocarpus, and Palmae
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2013
Journal article
Palaeo-precipitation is a major determinant of palm species richness patterns across Madagascar: a tropical biodiversity hotspot.
The distribution of rainforest in many regions across the Earth was strongly affected by Pleistocene ice ages. However, the extent to which these dynamics are still important for modern-day biodiversity patterns within tropical biodiversity hotspots has not been assessed. We employ a comprehensive dataset of Madagascan palms (Arecaceae) and climate...Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro ; Blach-Overgaard, Anne ; Baker, William J. ; Dransfield, John ; Moat, Justin …
Species richness, Palaeoclimate, Arecaceae, Palms, Last ice age, and Madagascar
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2023
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2023
Journal article
Truongsonia (Arecaceae: Arecoideae: Truongsonieae)—a new palm genus and tribe from Vietnam.
A genus and species of palm from the Truong Son Range in Vietnam, Truongsonia lecongkietii, is described as new to science. Phylogenomic analysis strongly supports the placement of the new taxon in subfamily Arecoideae as sister to the African endemic tribe Podococceae, which comprises a single genus Podococcus. A new...