Diversification of flowering plants in space and time

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Diversification of flowering plants in space and time. / Dimitrov, Dimitar; Xu, Xiaoting; Su, Xiangyan; Shrestha, Nawal; Liu, Yunpeng; Kennedy, Jonathan D.; Lyu, Lisha; Nogués-Bravo, David; Rosindell, James; Yang, Yong; Fjeldså, Jon; Liu, Jianquan; Schmid, Bernhard; Fang, Jingyun; Rahbek, Carsten; Wang, Zhiheng.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 14, 7609, 2023.

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Dimitrov, D, Xu, X, Su, X, Shrestha, N, Liu, Y, Kennedy, JD, Lyu, L, Nogués-Bravo, D, Rosindell, J, Yang, Y, Fjeldså, J, Liu, J, Schmid, B, Fang, J, Rahbek, C & Wang, Z 2023, 'Diversification of flowering plants in space and time', Nature Communications, vol. 14, 7609. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43396-8

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Dimitrov, D., Xu, X., Su, X., Shrestha, N., Liu, Y., Kennedy, J. D., Lyu, L., Nogués-Bravo, D., Rosindell, J., Yang, Y., Fjeldså, J., Liu, J., Schmid, B., Fang, J., Rahbek, C., & Wang, Z. (2023). Diversification of flowering plants in space and time. Nature Communications, 14, [7609]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43396-8

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Dimitrov D, Xu X, Su X, Shrestha N, Liu Y, Kennedy JD et al. Diversification of flowering plants in space and time. Nature Communications. 2023;14. 7609. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43396-8

Author

Dimitrov, Dimitar ; Xu, Xiaoting ; Su, Xiangyan ; Shrestha, Nawal ; Liu, Yunpeng ; Kennedy, Jonathan D. ; Lyu, Lisha ; Nogués-Bravo, David ; Rosindell, James ; Yang, Yong ; Fjeldså, Jon ; Liu, Jianquan ; Schmid, Bernhard ; Fang, Jingyun ; Rahbek, Carsten ; Wang, Zhiheng. / Diversification of flowering plants in space and time. In: Nature Communications. 2023 ; Vol. 14.

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title = "Diversification of flowering plants in space and time",
abstract = "The rapid diversification and high species richness of flowering plants is regarded as {\textquoteleft}Darwin{\textquoteright}s second abominable mystery{\textquoteright}. Today the global spatiotemporal pattern of plant diversification remains elusive. Using a newly generated genus-level phylogeny and global distribution data for 14,244 flowering plant genera, we describe the diversification dynamics of angiosperms through space and time. Our analyses show that diversification rates increased throughout the early Cretaceous and then slightly decreased or remained mostly stable until the end of the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction event 66 million years ago. After that, diversification rates increased again towards the present. Younger genera with high diversification rates dominate temperate and dryland regions, whereas old genera with low diversification dominate the tropics. This leads to a negative correlation between spatial patterns of diversification and genus diversity. Our findings suggest that global changes since the Cenozoic shaped the patterns of flowering plant diversity and support an emerging consensus that diversification rates are higher outside the tropics.",
author = "Dimitar Dimitrov and Xiaoting Xu and Xiangyan Su and Nawal Shrestha and Yunpeng Liu and Kennedy, {Jonathan D.} and Lisha Lyu and David Nogu{\'e}s-Bravo and James Rosindell and Yong Yang and Jon Fjelds{\aa} and Jianquan Liu and Bernhard Schmid and Jingyun Fang and Carsten Rahbek and Zhiheng Wang",
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AU - Dimitrov, Dimitar

AU - Xu, Xiaoting

AU - Su, Xiangyan

AU - Shrestha, Nawal

AU - Liu, Yunpeng

AU - Kennedy, Jonathan D.

AU - Lyu, Lisha

AU - Nogués-Bravo, David

AU - Rosindell, James

AU - Yang, Yong

AU - Fjeldså, Jon

AU - Liu, Jianquan

AU - Schmid, Bernhard

AU - Fang, Jingyun

AU - Rahbek, Carsten

AU - Wang, Zhiheng

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - The rapid diversification and high species richness of flowering plants is regarded as ‘Darwin’s second abominable mystery’. Today the global spatiotemporal pattern of plant diversification remains elusive. Using a newly generated genus-level phylogeny and global distribution data for 14,244 flowering plant genera, we describe the diversification dynamics of angiosperms through space and time. Our analyses show that diversification rates increased throughout the early Cretaceous and then slightly decreased or remained mostly stable until the end of the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction event 66 million years ago. After that, diversification rates increased again towards the present. Younger genera with high diversification rates dominate temperate and dryland regions, whereas old genera with low diversification dominate the tropics. This leads to a negative correlation between spatial patterns of diversification and genus diversity. Our findings suggest that global changes since the Cenozoic shaped the patterns of flowering plant diversity and support an emerging consensus that diversification rates are higher outside the tropics.

AB - The rapid diversification and high species richness of flowering plants is regarded as ‘Darwin’s second abominable mystery’. Today the global spatiotemporal pattern of plant diversification remains elusive. Using a newly generated genus-level phylogeny and global distribution data for 14,244 flowering plant genera, we describe the diversification dynamics of angiosperms through space and time. Our analyses show that diversification rates increased throughout the early Cretaceous and then slightly decreased or remained mostly stable until the end of the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction event 66 million years ago. After that, diversification rates increased again towards the present. Younger genera with high diversification rates dominate temperate and dryland regions, whereas old genera with low diversification dominate the tropics. This leads to a negative correlation between spatial patterns of diversification and genus diversity. Our findings suggest that global changes since the Cenozoic shaped the patterns of flowering plant diversity and support an emerging consensus that diversification rates are higher outside the tropics.

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