Meta-analysis evaluates migration patterns influenced by aridification in African flora, suggesting ecological adaptations.
Most clades exhibiting the AAC disjunction pattern, including Sesamothamnus, appear associated with several waves of aridification affecting both northeastern, eastern, and southwestern Africa involving the rise of C₄ and CAM photosynthesis, succulence, spiny vegetation, and bovid herbivory. The AAC disjunction pattern is complex, appears to involve migration, rather than simple vicariance, and exhibits a strong southwest to northeast migration bias.
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