• DOI:10.1071/SB15026
Corpus ID: 83733526

Why we should retain Nothofagus sensu lato

@article{Hill2015WhyWS,
  title={Why we should retain Nothofagus sensu lato},
  author={R. S. Hill and G. J. Jordan and M. Macphail},
  journal={Australian Systematic Botany},
  year={2015},
  volume={28},
  pages={190 - 193}
}

R. S. Hill, G. J. Jordan, M. Macphail

Published 2015

Biology

Australian Systematic Botany

Abstract. We present the case that the fossil record of Nothofagaceae, which is much more extensive in terms of species numbers than the living species, cannot be dealt with in a productive way by the recent proposal by Heenan and Smissen to split Nothofagus into four genera (Phytotaxa, vol. 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.146.1.1). Such a proposal will render the fossil record almost unworkable, and will lead to a major split in the approach taken by palynologists in comparison to… CONTINUE READING

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