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Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea pp 355–380Cite as

The Nothofagus Blume (Fagaceae) of New Guinea

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Interest in the Nothofagus Blume (Fagaceae) species of New Guinea arises not only from their prominence as canopy trees in the highland forests but also from the distribution of the genus in both tropical and temperate lands around the S Pacific basin. With the accumulation of observations relating to the movements of continents bordering the Pacific Ocean much of the enigma has vanished from the gross biogeography of Nothofagus but many details remain uncertain.

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Ash, J. (1982). The Nothofagus Blume (Fagaceae) of New Guinea. In: Gressitt, J.L. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8632-9_15

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