@article{fdi:010058226, title = {{C}enozoic colonization and diversification patterns of tropical {A}merican palms : evidence from {A}strocaryum ({A}recaceae)}, author = {{R}oncal, {J}ulissa and {K}ahn, {F}rancis and {M}illan, {B}. and {C}ouvreur, {T}homas and {P}intaud, {J}ean-{C}hristophe}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{W}ith 788 species in 67 genera in the {N}eotropics, {A}recaceae are an important ecological and economic component of the region. {W}e review the influence of geological events such as the {P}ebas system, the {A}ndean uplift and the land connections between {S}outh and {C}entral/{N}orth {A}merica, on the historical assembly of {N}eotropical palms. {W}e present a case study of the palm genus {A}strocaryum (40 species) as a model for evaluating colonization and diversification patterns of lowland {N}eotropical taxa. {W}e conducted a {B}ayesian dated phylogenetic analysis based on four low-copy nuclear {DNA} regions and a biogeographical analysis using the dispersal, extinction and cladogenesis model. {C}ladogenesis of {W}estern {A}mazonian {A}strocaryum spp. (c. 6 {M}ya) post-dated the drainage of the aquatic {P}ebas system, supporting the constraining role of {P}ebas on in situ diversification and colonization. {T}he ancestral distribution of {A}strocaryum spp. in the {G}uiana {S}hield supported the hypothesis of an old formation that acted as a source area from which species colonized adjacent regions, but an earliest branching position for {G}uianan species was not confidently recovered. {A} twofold increase in diversification rate was found in a clade, the ancestor of which occupied the {G}uiana {S}hield (c 13 {M}ya, a time of climatic change and {A}ndean uplift).}, keywords = {ancestral range reconstruction ; {A}ndean uplift ; dispersal extinction and cladogenesis ({DEC}) model ; diversification rate shifts ; {G}uiana {S}hield ; middle {M}iocene climatic optimum ; {P}ebas ; {W}estern {A}mazon ; {AMERIQUE} {CENTRALE} ; {AMERIQUE} {DU} {SUD}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{B}otanical {J}ournal of the {L}innean {S}ociety}, volume = {171}, numero = {1}, pages = {120--139}, ISSN = {0024-4074}, year = {2013}, DOI = {10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01297.x}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058226}, }