Phylogeny and biogeography of Maclura (Moraceae) and the origin of an anachronistic fruit
Abstract
Maclura likely originated in the New World in the Paleocene. Models support a rapid increase in both syncarp size in the Osage orange lineage. The Osage orange clade diverged in the Oligocene. Results are consistent with adaption to dispersal by extinct megafauna. Maclura is monophyletic as are all sections except Cardiogyne. The widespread species M. cochinchinensis was not monophyletic.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- December 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.06.021
- Bibcode:
- 2017MolPE.117...49G
- Keywords:
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- Anachronistic fruit;
- Historical biogeography;
- Maclura;
- Megafauna dispersal;
- Moraceae;
- Osage orange