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Robyn Cowan

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Early Cretaceous Origin and Evolutionary History of Palms (Arecaceae) inferred from 1,033 Nuclear Genes and a New Synthesis of Fossil Evidence

Sidonie Bellot, Fabien L. Condamine, Kelly K. S. Matsunaga, Robert J. Morley, Santiago Ramírez‐Barahona, ÁNGELA CANO, Thomas L. P. Couvreur, Robyn Cowan, Wolf L. Eiserhardt, Benedikt Georg Kuhnhäuser, Olivier Maurin, Michelle Siros, Félix Forest, Ilia J. Leitch, William John Baker

This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of palms using 1,033 nuclear genes and fossil evidence, finding the family originated in the Early Cretaceous and diversified rapidly.

Systematic Biology · Feb 27, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology