Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Background There are conflicting views between palaeobotanists and plant systematists/
evolutionary biologists regarding the occurrence of plant speciation in the Quaternary …

Abstract Background and Aims Throughout the Cenozoic, Africa underwent several climatic
and geological changes impacting the evolution of tropical rain forests (TRFs). African TRFs …

Abstract Background and Aim Plant disjunctions have fascinated biogeographers and
ecologists for a long time. We use tribe Bocageeae (Annonaceae), a predominantly …

Annonaceae is a major tropical plant family particularly diverse in tropical rain forests of the
world. Although the classification and systematics of the family has significantly improved …

The resource‐use hypothesis, proposed by ES Vrba, states that habitat fragmentation
caused by climatic oscillations would affect particularly biome specialists (species inhabiting …

Artabotrys R. Br. is one of the larger genera of Annonaceae with over 100 species
distributed throughout the palaeotropics plus northern Australia. Although the genus is …

 Abstract Monodoreae (Annonaceae) is a tribe composed of 11 genera and 90 species
restricted to the tropical African rain forests. All the genera are taxonomically well …

 Abstract Flagelliflory refers to the production of inflorescences exclusively on long, whip-like
branches which emerge from the main trunk and extend along the ground or below it. It is …

African ecosystems comprise a wealthy repository of biodiversity with a high proportion of
native and endemic plant species, which makes them biologically unique and providers of a …