Scenario of evolution in the C. adoensis clade. The green line surrounds today’s distribution of C. adoensis. Blue lines surround today’s distributions of C. senensis and C. pwaniensis. Blue arrows indicate peripatric speciation without shift in precipitation preference. Yellow arrows indicate speciation with shifts towards more arid habitats. Black arrows indicate speciation with shift towards more humid habitats.

 
 
  Part of: Holstein N (2015) Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). PhytoKeys 54: 1-166. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.54.3285