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Research Reconciling fossils with phylogenies reveals the origin and macroevolutionary processes explaining the global cycad biodiversity

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Coiro1, Mario, Allio, Ŕemi, Mazet, Nathan, Seyfullah1, Leyla J., Condamine, Fabien L. (2023): Research Reconciling fossils with phylogenies reveals the origin and macroevolutionary processes explaining the global cycad biodiversity. New Phytologist 2023: 1-20, DOI: 10.1111/nph.19010

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