01078nam a2200181 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000170006024501160007726000160019330000110020950001240022052004900034465000110083465000120084565000160085765300230087311257742009-11-24       2008    bl uuuu  m   00u1 u    #d1 aSIMON, M. F.  aSystematics and evolution of Mimosa L. (Leguminosae) and the assembly of a Neotropical plant diversity hotspot.  a2008.c2008  a255 f.  aThesis (Doctor of Philosophy) - Mathematical Physics and Life Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Michaelmas Term.  aChapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Screening candidate plastid DNA sequence loci for molecular phylogenetic analysis of Mimosa; Chapter 3: A time-calibrated phylogenetic tree the legume family; Chapter 4: Recent assembly of the Cerrado, a Neotropical plant diversity hotspot; Chapter 5: The evolutionary history of Mimosa (Leguminosae): a first step towards a phylogeny of the sensitive plants; Chapter 6: Four new species of Mimosa (Leguminosae) from the central highlands of Brazil.  aBrazil  aCerrado  aLeguminosae  aNeotropical plants