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Historical biogeography and life-history evolution of Andean Puya (Bromeliaceae)

  1. Rachel S. Jabaily1,2,*,
  2. Kenneth J. Sytsma1

Article first published online: 13 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01307.x

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Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Special Issue: Neotropical plant evolution: assembling the big picture

Volume 171, Issue 1, pages 201–224, January 2013

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Jabaily, R. S. and Sytsma, K. J. (2013), Historical biogeography and life-history evolution of Andean Puya (Bromeliaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 171: 201–224. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01307.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Biology, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, USA

*Corresponding author. E-mail: jabailyr@gmail.com

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 13 NOV 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 27 AUG 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 14 AUG 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 6 DEC 2011

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  • Cactus and Succulent Society
  • Mayers Fellowship at the Huntington Institute
  • Bromeliad Society International Research Grant
  • Garden Club of America
  • American Society of Plant Taxonomists
  • Cuatrecasas Travel Award (US)
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship programme

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