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| | Conti, Elena*, Torsten Eriksson, Juerg Schoenenberger, Kenneth J. Sytsma, and David A. Baum. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Maximum parsimony and likelihood analyses of rbcL sequences suggested that Crypteroniaceae should be restricted to Crypteronia, Axinandra, and Dactylocladus and that Crypteroniaceae, so defined, are sister to a clade formed by three small S African taxa (Oliniaceae, Penaeaceae, and Rhynchocalycaeae) and the monotypic S American Alzateaceae. |
 | | Three molecular dating approaches (maximum likelihood under a molecular clock, Langley-Fitch, and penalized likelihood) were used to infer the age of Crypteroniaceae using both paleobotanical and geologic calibrations. |
 | | Our results argue for an ancient Gondwanan origin of Crypteroniaceae in the Early to Middle Cretaceous, followed by diversification on the rafting Indian plate in the Early Tertiary and subsequent dispersal to SE Asia. |
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