Numerous temperate plants and animals on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) are
hypothesized to have differentiated due to vicariant allopatric speciation associated with the …

An increasing number of phylogeographic studies have been conducted for plant species in
the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and its flanking mountains. However, these studies have …

Subtropical China harbours the world's most diverse temperate flora, but little is known
about the roles of geographical and eco-climatic factors underlying the region's …

Abstract The figwort genus Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae), widespread across the
temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere, comprises about 250 species and is a …

Biogeographic regionalization can help to better understand diversity in biogeography,
conservation, and macroecology. Historical regionalization schemes typically focus on …

Abstract Stachyuraceae, an East Asian endemic family of shrubs or small trees, comprises a
single genus, Stachyurus (c. 11 spp.). Despite previous extensive studies based on both …

To explore the evolutionary consequences of climate-induced fluctuations in presently
fragmented temperate forest habitats in continental East Asia we investigated the …

The effects of rapid, recent uplift of the Hengduan Mountains on evolution and diversification
of young floristic lineages still remain unclear. Here, we investigate diversification of three …

Various hypotheses have been proposed about the Quaternary evolutionary history of plant
species on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), yet only a handful of studies have considered …

Phenotypic polymorphism within a species is a notable phenomenon in evolutionary biology
to understand the process of adaptive speciation and other historical events. The Saxifraga …