When insects help to resolve plant phylogeny: Evidence for a paraphyletic genus Acacia from the systematics and host-plant range of their seed-predators

• Main Authors: Kergoat G.J., Silvain J.-F., Buranapanichpan S., Tuda M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33846909058&partnerID=40&md5=ac803799b7428a26aa9b2d5f0bb775aa; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/310
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

In this study we use an indirect method to address the issue of the systematics of the large and economically important genus Acacia (Leguminosae, Mimosoideae, Acacieae). We propose the use of host-preference data in closely related insect species as a potentially useful tool to investigate host sys...