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P van Rijckevorsel wrote:
Beverly Erlebacher schreef
This is in the context of Madagascar which has two dozen endemic Solanum
spp, but was separated from Africa and the rest of Gondwanaland before the
development of flowering plants.

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This is not right. We are talking late Cretaceous?

[Unfortunately I do not have the exact facts ready at my fingertips, and
with some people picking up on even the least inaccuracy I am not going
beyond that.]

I don't recall the exact dates either, but IIRC, Madagascar and India
broke off of pre-Africa Gondwanaland around 160 or 180 Mya, while the
south Atlantic Ocean didn't open up until the late Cretaceous.