REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN RATES OF PLANT SPECIATION AND MOLECULAREVOLUTION: A COMPARISON BETWEEN EASTERN ASIA AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

The eastern Asian (EAS)‐eastern North American (ENA) floristic disjunction is one of the best‐known biogeographic patterns in the Northern Hemisphere. Recent paleontological and molecular analyses have illuminated the origins of the biogeographic pattern, but subsequent diversification and evolution of the disjunct floras in each of the two continents after isolation remains poorly understood. Although similar in climate and floristic...