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The hepatic flora of South-West Asia: a survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

H. Bischler  and
S. Jovet-Ast
H. Bischler
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 12 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. L.A. CNRS n° 257
S. Jovet-Ast
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 12 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France. L.A. CNRS n° 257
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Synopsis

The hepatic flora of SW Asia strongly resembles that of the Mediterranean area; one notes only some Asiatic elements in the E and tropical African ones in the S. The only phytogeographical unit sufficiently well delimited at the level of hepatics corresponds to the Mesogean area, probably colonised, after the drying up of the Tethys, by species adapted to a dry climate and probably coming as much from the N as the S. This hepatic flora, unlike that of the phanerogams, is thus not diversified.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 89: Plant Life of South-West Asia , 1986 , pp. 229 - 241
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1986

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