Evolution, 4th Edition

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Vanga

Pseudobias

Euryceros

Schetba

Xenopirostris

Oriolia

Artamella

Falculea

Cyanolanius
Leptopterus

Mystacornis

Hypositta

Tylas

Calicalicus

Newtonia

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(A) Argyroxiphium sandwicense (B) Wilkesia gymnoxiphium (C) Dubautia menziesii

FIGURE 2.25 Some members of the Hawaiian silversword alliance:
closely related species with different growth forms. (A) Argyroxiphium
sandwicense, a rosette plant that lacks a stem except when flowering
(as it is here). (B) Wilkesia gymnoxiphium, a stemmed rosette plant. (C)
Dubautia menziesii, a small shrub.

FIGURE 2.24 A spectacular adaptive radia-
tion, the vangas of Madagascar. (After [30],
bird illustrations by Velizar Simeonowski.)

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