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Biogeography of Neotropical Piper

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Piper: A Model Genus for Studies of Phytochemistry, Ecology, and Evolution

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The history and nature of diversification of Piper in the New World has been little investigated. The genus Piper is often among the top 10 most speciose genera in Neotropical forests (e.g., Gentry and Emmons, 1987). Superficially, however, Piper species show relatively little morphological variation. In view of the high species richness in the genus but relatively low morphological variability among species, Gentry (1989) suggested that much diversification in Neotropical Piper may have occurred relatively recently (within the last 2 million years or even more recently). The premise is that because diversification was recent, little time has been available for morphological diversification.

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Marquis, R.J. (2004). Biogeography of Neotropical Piper . In: Dyer, L.A., Palmer, A.D.N. (eds) Piper: A Model Genus for Studies of Phytochemistry, Ecology, and Evolution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30599-8_5

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