Phylogenomics and the flowering plant tree of life

C Guo, Y Luo, LM Gao, TS Yi, HT Li… - Journal of Integrative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The advances accelerated by next‐generation sequencing and long‐read sequencing
technologies continue to provide an impetus for plant phylogenetic study. In the past …

Nuclear phylogenomics of angiosperms and insights into their relationships and evolution

G Zhang, H Ma - Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Angiosperms (flowering plants) are by far the most diverse land plant group with over
300,000 species. The sudden appearance of diverse angiosperms in the fossil record was …

[PDF][PDF] Pervasive hybridization during evolutionary radiation of Rhododendron subgenus Hymenanthes in mountains of southwest China

Y Ma, X Mao, J Wang, L Zhang, Y Jiang… - National Science …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Radiations are especially important for generating species biodiversity in mountainous
ecosystems. The contribution of hybridization to such radiations has rarely been examined …

Gapless genome assembly of azalea and multi-omics investigation into divergence between two species with distinct flower color

S Nie, SW Zhao, TL Shi, W Zhao, RG Zhang… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The genus Rhododendron (Ericaceae), with more than 1000 species highly diverse
in flower color, is providing distinct ornamental values and a model system for flower color …

Effects of Climate Change on the Spatial Distribution of the Threatened Species Rhododendron purdomii in Qinling-Daba Mountains of Central China: Implications for …

H Dong, N Zhang, S Shen, S Zhu, S Fan, Y Lu - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The plant species in the mountainous regions might be relatively more vulnerable to climate
change. Understanding the potential effects of climate change on keystone species, such as …

Phylogenomics and morphological evolution of the mega-diverse genus Artemisia (Asteraceae: Anthemideae): implications for its circumscription and infrageneric …

B Jiao, C Chen, M Wei, G Niu, J Zheng… - Annals of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Artemisia is a mega-diverse genus consisting of~ 400
species. Despite its medicinal importance and ecological significance, a well-resolved …

Monsoon intensification in East Asia triggered the evolution of its flora

JW Ye, B Tian, DZ Li - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction East Asia (EA), which falls within the region of the Asian monsoon that is
composed of the East Asia monsoon (EAM) and the Indian monsoon (IM), is known for its …

Resolution, conflict and rate shifts: insights from a densely sampled plastome phylogeny for Rhododendron (Ericaceae)

ZQ Mo, CN Fu, MS Zhu, RI Milne, JB Yang… - Annals of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Rhododendron is a species-rich and taxonomically
challenging genus due to recent adaptive radiation and frequent hybridization. A well …

Plastome sequences fail to resolve shallow level relationships within the rapidly radiated genus Isodon (Lamiaceae)

YP Chen, F Zhao, AJ Paton, P Sunojkumar… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As one of the largest genera of Lamiaceae and of great medicinal importance, Isodon is also
phylogenetically and taxonomically recalcitrant largely ascribed to its recent rapid radiation …

Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of Hydrangeeae (Hydrangeaceae) elucidate the effects of geologic and climatic dynamics on diversification

X Yang, X Zhang, T Xue, X Zhang… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Demonstrating the process of transregional biogeography and mechanisms underlying
evolutionary radiations is crucial to understanding biological evolution. Here, we use …