BRAINCAKEHowea Palm Tree
The Howea palms of Lord Howe Island are one of the best-supported examples of sympatric speciation.
Lord Howe Island is a small, isolated volcanic island in the Tasman Sea, about 600 km east of Australia. Two palm species in the genus Howea are endemic to it:
1. Howea forsteriana (the kentia palm, a popular houseplant).
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Key terms in this lesson
- sympatric speciation
- The formation of a new species from a population in the same geographical area, without a physical barrier separating it from the parent population.
- temporal isolation
- A form of reproductive isolation in which populations breed or flower at different times, preventing interbreeding.
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