Mountain systems harbor a substantial fraction of global biodiversity and, thus, provide
excellent opportunities to study rapid diversification and to understand the historical …

The Hengduan Mountains region (HDM) in southwest China, one of the earth's 34
biodiversity hotspots, is characterized by its unique geology, dramatic topography, a climate …

Evolutionary radiation is a widely recognized mode of species diversification, but its
underlying mechanisms have not been unambiguously resolved for species-rich …

Abstract Aim The Himalaya‐Hengduan Mountain (HHM) biodiversity hotspot including the
'sky islands' of Southwest China harbour exceptional plant diversity and endemicity at …

Abstract Background and Aims As angiosperms became one of the megadiverse groups of
macroscopic eukaryotes, they forged modern ecosystems and promoted the evolution of …

Mountains are among the most biodiverse areas on the globe. In young mountain ranges,
exceptional plant species richness is often associated with recent and rapid radiations …

The formation of the Mekong-Salween Divide and climatic oscillations in Pleistocene were
the main drivers for the contemporary diversity and genetic structure of plants in the …

Radiations are especially important for generating species biodiversity in mountainous
ecosystems. The contribution of hybridization to such radiations has rarely been examined …

Background Some of the evolutionary history of land plants has been documented based on
the fossil record and a few broad-scale phylogenetic analyses, especially focusing on …

The Sino-Japanese Floristic Region (SJFR) of East Asia harbors the most diverse of the
world's temperate flora, and was the most important glacial refuge for its Tertiary …