Angiosperm phylogenetic diversity is lower in Africa than South America

H Qian, M Kessler, J Zhang, Y Jin, DE Soltis, S Qian… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Although originating from a common Gondwanan flora, the diversity and composition of the
floras of Africa and South America have greatly diverged since continental breakup of Africa …

[HTML][HTML] Global patterns and ecological drivers of taxonomic and phylogenetic endemism in angiosperm genera

H Qian, BD Mishler, J Zhang, S Qian - Plant Diversity, 2024 - Elsevier
Endemism of lineages lies at the core of understanding variation in community composition
among geographic regions because it reflects how speciation, extinction, and dispersal …

Taxonomic and phylogenetic βdiversity of regional assemblages of angiosperm species in relation to geographic and climatic determinants in Africa

H Qian, Y Jin, T Deng - Journal of Biogeography - Wiley Online Library
Aim Betadiversity quantifies the change in taxonomic and phylogenetic composition
between areas, and is a scalar between local (α) and regional (γ) diversity. Geographic …