
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Itzstein-Davey, Freea 
T1  - The representation of Proteaceae in modern pollen rain in species-rich vegetation communities in south-western Australia
JF  - Australian Journal of Botany
JO  - Aust. J. Bot.
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 51
IS  - 2
SP  - 135
EP  - 149
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BT02048 
N2  - The Proteaceae family is a large Gondwanan plant family with a major centre of richness in south-western Australia. Modern pollen&#8211;vegetation relationships in the two areas of species richness in the northern and southern sandplains of south-western Australia were investigated to calibrate fossil-pollen studies concurrently conducted on Eocene, Pliocene and Quaternary sediment. Results indicated that the Proteaceae component in modern pollen rain can be quite high, contributing up to 50% of the count. Some sites showed a dominant type (such as Banksia&#8211;Dryandra), whilst others had up to six different genera represented. Exactly how and when the biodiversity of Proteaceae in south-western Australia developed is unknown. This work provides a benchmark for comparisons with studied fossil material to unravel patterns of diversity of this family in south-western Australia. 
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