Island hopping is not restricted to holidaying in Greece, but also an evolutionary strategy by Caribbean Pitcairnia - a group of terrestrial plants in the Bromeliad family! Here, it was found they likely radiated from Venezuela to the islands 200,000 years ago...
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Abstract. Pitcairnia, a group of terrestrial and mesophytic plants, is the second largest genus in the Bromeliaceae family, with over 400 species distribut
