Out of and in East Asia: phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of Thalictroideae (Ranunculaceae) in the Northern Hemisphere
Yuan-Yuan Ling, Huan-Wen Peng, Lian Lian, Andrey S Erst, Kun-Li Xiang, Wei Wang · 2024
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Yuan-Yuan Ling and co-authors reconstruct the family history of the buttercup subfamily Thalictroideae across the Northern Hemisphere, in a 2024 study. Their tree, the largest yet for the group, covers 217 plants from all ten genera using seven DNA regions. The group is richest in East Asia, whose role as a source or sink of northern plant diversity is long debated.
The common ancestor lived in East Asia about thirty-six million years ago. From the Miocene on, at least forty-six migrations spread the plants outward and back, helped by cooling climate and land bridges exposed by falling seas. The authors conclude East Asia served as both museum and cradle for these herbs, and probably for other plant lines too.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yuan-Yuan Ling, Huan-Wen Peng, Lian Lian, Andrey S Erst, Kun-Li Xiang, Wei Wang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |