Fwd: Re: Gondwanic element

[Hubert Turner]

>Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 11:16:27 -0400
>From: Hubert Turner <turner at rulsfb.leidenuniv.nl>
>Subject: Re: Gondwanic element
>To: Hubert <turner at rulsfb.leidenuniv.nl>
>Original-recipient: rfc822;turner at rulsfb.leidenuniv.nl
>
>>I am interested to know how the Gondwanic element (eg. Myrtaceae,
>>Proteaceae) reaches Southeast Asia. It has been suggested that several
>>fragments of continents that are now embedded in S.E. Asia were initially
>>part of thr Gondwanaland. These continental fragments began to drift
>>northwards, forming island between Gondwanaland and Laurasia before they
>>actually collided with Laurasia. Many plants found today on S.E. Asian
>>mountains and in the heath forests are closely related to the Australian
>>flora. Anybody out there can help me?
>>
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>There is quite a bit of literature on the development of
>biogeographic patterns across the Malay archipelago. Some old (e.g.
>Wallece's 'The Malay Archipelago'), some more recent, of which a few
>are given below. With these references you'll have a good starting
>point to search further, both with respect to the biogeography and
>the geological history of the region. If you find any new literature
>on the subject that's not already mentioned in the ref.'s given
>below, I would be interested to hear
>
>Yours,
>Hubert Turner
>Hall, R., 1995. S.E. Asia Reconstructions 50-0 Ma.
>http://www.gl.rhbnc.ac.uk/seasia/html/plate_tect.html.
>Ridder-Numan, J., 1996. Historical biogeography of the Southeast
>Asian genus Spatholobus (Legum.-Papillionoideae) and its
>allies.Blumea Suppl. 10: 1-144.
>T.C. Whitmore (ed.) , 1987. Biogeographical evolution of the Malay
>archipelago, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
>R. Hall and J.D. Holloway (eds.), 1998. Biogeography and geological
>evolution of SE Asia, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
>Ridder-Numan, J., 1996. Historical biogeography of the Southeast
>Asian genus Spatholobus (Legum.-Papillionoideae) and its allies.
>Blumea Suppl. 10: 1-144.
>H. Turner, P. Hovenkamp, and P.C. van Welzen,1999.  Biogeography of
>Southeast Asia and the West Pacific. XVI Int. Bot. Congr., St.
>Louis, USA, abstracts: 62 and  J. Biogeogr.,in press
>

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