The hawaiian silversword originated from a species of tarweed, which is a plant native to present-day california. this plant colonized the hawaiian islands approximately 5 million years ago, and currently consists of 30 species that are monophyletic, rapidly speciated, and have diversified ecologically into many different niches. this type of colonization is referred to as a/an
a) adaptive radiation
b) convergent evolution
c) polytomy
d) synapomorphy
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