Evolutionary history of the angiosperm flora of China

Li-Min Lu, Ling-Feng Mao, Tuo Yang, Jian-Fei Ye, Bing Liu, Hong-Lei Li, Miao Sun, Joseph T. Miller, Sarah Mathews, Hai-Hua Hu, Yan-Ting Niu, Dan-Xiao Peng, You-Hua Chen, Stephen A. Smith, Min Chen, Kun-Li Xiang, Chi-Toan Le, Viet-Cuong Dang, An-Ming Lu, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Jian-Hua Li and Zhi-Duan Chen ()
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Li-Min Lu: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ling-Feng Mao: Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University
Tuo Yang: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian-Fei Ye: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bing Liu: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong-Lei Li: Chongqing Key Laboratory of Economic Plant Biotechnology/Institute of Special Plants, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences
Miao Sun: University of Florida
Joseph T. Miller: CSIRO National Research Collections, Australian National Herbarium
Sarah Mathews: CSIRO National Research Collections, Australian National Herbarium
Hai-Hua Hu: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yan-Ting Niu: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dan-Xiao Peng: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
You-Hua Chen: Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Stephen A. Smith: University of Michigan
Min Chen: Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province & Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kun-Li Xiang: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chi-Toan Le: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Viet-Cuong Dang: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
An-Ming Lu: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pamela S. Soltis: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Douglas E. Soltis: University of Florida
Jian-Hua Li: Hope College
Zhi-Duan Chen: State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature, 2018, vol. 554, issue 7691, 234-238

Abstract: A dated phylogeny and spatial distribution data for Chinese angiosperms show that eastern China has tended to act as a refugium for older taxa whereas western China has acted as a centre for their evolutionary diversification.

Date: 2018
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