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Early stages of formation and dispersal of the temperate flora in the Boreal Region

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Budantsev, L. Yu. (Komarov Botanical Institute, Prof. Popov Str. 2, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia). Early stages of formation and dispersal of the temperate flora in the Boreal Region. Bot. Rev.58(1): 1–48, 1992.—The thesis of this review is that, as stated as early as 1908 by V. L. Komarov, the composition of a flora can be understood only as a process, or separate stage, in the context of migration in time and space of various floristic assemblages and their isolation, as induced by transformation of continental and ocean shapes, changes in climate, and the environment as a whole. Thus the formation of geofloras of the past was influenced by gradually changing environments that determined the spread, patterning, and spatial differentiation of floras and their evolution. Parallel to the more commonly-seen names of eras—Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic—we can speak of the Paleophytic, Mesophytic, and Cenophytic eras. Eras defined in these two ways (by faunistic or by floristic criteria) do not completely coincide. Generally, changes in the flora have, necessarily, preceded changes in the fauna. It is the Cenophytic with which this review is mostly concerned, the era of Angiosperm dominance. The movement of early subtropical and warm temperate floras in the Early Cenophytic, followed by temperate or even boreal floras, as the climate changes, is traced in detail. The regions discussed most fully are the Boreal-Atlantic and Boreal-Pacific, with emphasis on the Angaro-Beringian flora. The disappearance of archaic forms (e.g., cycadophytes) and the gradual predominance of angiosperms is documented. The movements of the floral assemblages in response to environmental changes are mapped and described. The early development and diversification of the boreal temperate flora is considered to have taken place mainly in Angaro-Beringia, associated with the invasive migration of tropical angiosperms from southeastern Asia.

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Budantsev, L.Y. Early stages of formation and dispersal of the temperate flora in the Boreal Region. Bot. Rev 58, 1–48 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858542

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