Acta Botánica Mexicana ISSN: 0187-7151
[email protected] Instituto de Ecología, A.C. México Anderson, William R. ORIGINS OF MEXICAN MALPIGHIACEAE Acta Botánica Mexicana, núm. 104, 2013, pp. 107-156 Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Pátzcuaro, México Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57427415007 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Acta Botanica Mexicana 104: 107-156 (2013) ORIGINS OF MEXICAN MALPIGHIACEAE William R. andeRson University of Michigan Herbarium Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, USA
[email protected] ABSTRACT The approximately 42 lineages of Malpighiaceae currently known in Mexico are identified and briefly described and discussed. All the Mexican lineages have their ultimate roots in South America, although in some cases the connections are inferred only through phylogeny and several Mexican genera probably originated in Mexico. All the lineages have effective adaptations for dispersal except the genus Galphimia, but distributions outside Mexico and a phylogenetic tree suggest that while many Malpighiaceae reached Mexico through “stepping-stone” dispersal, some lineages probably arrived as the result of episodes of long-distance dispersal from South America. Key words: biogeography, Malpighiaceae, Mexico, phylogeny. RESUMEN Se identifican y se describen y discuten brevemente los aproximadamente 42 linajes de Malpighiaceae que se conocen hasta ahora para México. Todos los linajes mexicanos tienen sus últimas raíces en Sudamérica, aunque en algunos casos las conexiones se infieren únicamente mediante filogenia y algunos géneros mexicanos probablemente se originaron en México.