Aim We used a combination of modelling and genetic approaches to investigate whether Pinguicula grandiflora and Saxifraga spathularis , two species that exhibit disjunct Lusitanian distributions, may have persisted through the Last Glacial Maximum ( LGM , c . 21 ka) in separate northern and southern refugia. Location Northern and eastern Spain and south‐western Ireland. Methods Palaeodistribution modelling using Maxent was use...

Aim The distribution of the Lusitanian flora and fauna, species which are found only in southern and western Ireland and in northern Spain and Portugal but which are absent from intervening countries, represents one of the classic conundrums of biogeography. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the distribution of the Lusitanian plant species Daboecia cantabrica was due to persistence in separate Irish and Ibe...