Questioning the Cunonia in C. capensis

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dc.contributor.advisorLinder, H Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKruger, Lynetteen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-15T07:39:59Z
dc.date.available2018-03-15T07:39:59Z
dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.descriptionSupervisor: P Linder.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAll members of Cunonia, excluding C. capensis, occur on the island of New Caledonia. Dickison has repeatedly noted (1973, 1975, 1980, and 1984,) that evolutionary patterns may have led to incorrect systematic conclusions among many cunoniaceous genera, which are likely to generate incorrect systematic conclusions. For this reason, a study into the morphological characters defining C. capensis was undertaken. Although the possibility that the disjunct biogeographical pattern of C. capensis might be explained on the basis of taxonomic error was appealing, it was not conclusively supported from this investigation. Instead it was found that of the six characters supposed to distinguish Cunonia from Weinmannia, three agreed with the present position of C. capensis with Cunonia, whilst the other three placed C. capensis with Weinmannia. This study also served to highlight the need for further investigation and identification of characters which separate Cunonia and Weinmannia at the species level.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKruger, L. (1995). <i>Questioning the Cunonia in C. capensis</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27662en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKruger, Lynette. <i>"Questioning the Cunonia in C. capensis."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27662en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKruger, L. 1995. Questioning the Cunonia in C. capensis. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kruger, Lynette AB - All members of Cunonia, excluding C. capensis, occur on the island of New Caledonia. Dickison has repeatedly noted (1973, 1975, 1980, and 1984,) that evolutionary patterns may have led to incorrect systematic conclusions among many cunoniaceous genera, which are likely to generate incorrect systematic conclusions. For this reason, a study into the morphological characters defining C. capensis was undertaken. Although the possibility that the disjunct biogeographical pattern of C. capensis might be explained on the basis of taxonomic error was appealing, it was not conclusively supported from this investigation. Instead it was found that of the six characters supposed to distinguish Cunonia from Weinmannia, three agreed with the present position of C. capensis with Cunonia, whilst the other three placed C. capensis with Weinmannia. This study also served to highlight the need for further investigation and identification of characters which separate Cunonia and Weinmannia at the species level. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - Questioning the Cunonia in C. capensis TI - Questioning the Cunonia in C. capensis UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27662 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27662
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKruger L. Questioning the Cunonia in C. capensis. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27662en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherBotanyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherSystematicsen_ZA
dc.titleQuestioning the Cunonia in C. capensisen_ZA
dc.typeBachelor Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelHonours
dc.type.qualificationnameBSc (Hons)en_ZA
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