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Vegetation history

Part of the book series: Handbook of vegetation science ((HAVS,volume 7))

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There are two major phytogeographical areas in South America. The main part belongs to the Neotropic area, the southernmost part to the Austral-antarctic area. The Neotropical flora has, generally speaking, relations with other tropical areas of the world, but developed in relative isolation since the Upper Cretaceous to Lower Tertiary. The Austral-antarctic floral area has strong southern hemisphere relations, e.g. with New Zealand and Australia.

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  1. Department of Botony, Science Laboratories, University of Durham, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, England

    B. Huntley

  2. Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912-1846, USA

    T. Webb III

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Van Der Hammen, T. (1988). South America. In: Huntley, B., Webb, T. (eds) Vegetation history. Handbook of vegetation science, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3081-0_9

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