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In defence of the entity of Macaronesia as a biogeographical region
Fernández‐Palacios, José María; Otto, Rüdiger; Capelo, Jorge; Caujapé‐Castells, Juli; De Nascimento, Lea; Duarte, Maria Cristina; Elias, Rui B.Since its coinage ca. 1850 AD by Philip Barker Webb, the biogeographical region of Macaronesia, consisting of the North Atlantic volcanic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira with the tiny Selvagens, the Canaries and Cabo Verde, and for some authors different continental coastal strips, has been under dispute. Herein, after a brief introduction on the terminology and purpose of regionalism, we recover the origin...
Tracing insular woodiness in giant Daucus (s.l.) fruit fossils from the Early P...
Góis-Marques, Carlos A.; De Nascimento, Lea; Fernández-Palacios, Jose Maria; Madeira, José; Menezes de Sequeira, MiguelPlants on oceanic islands can evolve insular syndromes such as secondary woodiness, a generalized trend found in island floras worldwide. This phenomenon occurs through evolution in situ. It is triggered by ecological and physiological stimuli that transform herbaceous annuals into woody perennials. However, well-dated and informative fossils that could help track and frame the evolution of this syndrome are la...
The Quaternary plant fossil record from the volcanic Islands of Azores (Portuga...
Góis-Marques, Carlos A.; De Nascimento, Lea; Menezes de Sequeira, Miguel; Fernández-Palacios, Jose Maria; Madeira, JoséPlant fossils are known from the Azores Islands, yet poorly studied. We present a comprehensive bibliographical review for the archipelago. A first pre-scientific reference dates from late fifteenth century, while the first scientific description was reported in 1821, accounting for trunks in pyroclastic units and silicified plants within hydrothermal deposits. Throughout the second-half of the nineteenth centu...