Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 13:00:51 +1000 From: Daniel Murphy <d.murphy@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1324$foo@default> Subject: Biogeography of Drosera and Pinguicula
Dear Jan,
I know this is not really the focus of the current thread on conservation
of cp's but it raised an issue which I find very interesting, and which is
rarely discussed, namely, the biogeography of cp's.
The subsequent raising of the Alpidic
>system, a mountain range of tremendous extension (perhaps with the
>highest peaks that ever existed on this planet), during the Tertiary
>and the Pleistocene glaciations did likewise extinguish myriads of
>species (almost the whole indigenous, south hemisphere flora of India
>got lost, all the once native tropical elements have vanished from
>Europe), while at the same time they created the homes and paved
>the way for many new ones (e.g. most of the Old World species and
>all of the South American species of_Pinguicula_, _Drosera_ came to
>visit us from America recently, and decided to stay here until
>today).
>
I was wondering what is the evidence for dispersal of Drosera or Pinguicula
from America into the Old World or South America (if I have interpreted
your post correctly)?
Cheers,
Dan Murphy
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