30,000-YEAR-OLD FOSSIL RESTIONACEAE POLLEN FROM CENTRAL EQUATORIAL AFRICA AND ITS BIOGEOGRAPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE

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BONNEFILLE, R
HAMILTON, AC
LINDER, HP
RIOLLET, G
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[1] UNIV ULSTER,DEPT ENVIRONM STUDIES,COLERAINE BT52 1SA,LONDONDERRY,NORTH IRELAND
[2] UNIV CAPE TOWN,BOLUS HERBARIUM,RONDEBOSCH 7700,SOUTH AFRICA
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10.2307/2845126
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Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
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071012 ; 0713 ;
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Reports the identification of fossil pollen attributed to the genus Restio, and resembling Restio mahonii, found in highland peat bogs from Rwanda and Burundi, and dating from 30 000 yr BP. There was a greater extension of the Restionaceae on the African continent, towards the equatorial region, at the end of the Pleistocene. The modern populations are probably relicts from this wider distribution. -from Authors
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