ISHS Acta Horticulturae 615: IV International Conifer Conference
THE CONIFER FLORA OF NEW CALEDONIA - STASIS, EVOLUTION AND SURVIVAL IN AN ANCIENT GROUP |
| Author: | C.N. Page |
| Keywords: | Araucariaceae, Cupressaceae, maquis, Podocarpaceae, Taxaceae, ultramafic |
| 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. | |
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