Plant phylogeography of the Balkan Peninsula: spatiotemporal patterns and processes

S Španiel, I Rešetnik - Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Balkan Peninsula is widely acknowledged as one of the centers of European
biodiversity and a major glacial refugium for plant species. Its extensive geographic …

Plant endemism centres and biodiversity hotspots in Greece

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, A Kallimanis… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Aiming to cope with the provisions of Aichi Biodiversity Targets, EU
Biodiversity Strategy and EU Green Deal, we conducted the first nationwide …

Evolutionary and domestication history of Cucurbita (pumpkin and squash) species inferred from 44 nuclear loci

HR Kates, PS Soltis, DE Soltis - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2017 - Elsevier
Phylogenetics can facilitate the study of plant domestication by resolving sister relationships
between crops and their wild relatives, thereby identifying the ancestors of cultivated plants …

Land bridges in the Pleistocene contributed to flora assembly on the continental islands of South China: Insights from the evolutionary history of Quercus championii

XL Jiang, EM Gardner, HH Meng, M Deng… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Mainland (SCM) and its adjacent continental islands are a global
biodiversity hotspot. However, how and when plants dispersed between SCM and …

Network biogeography of a complex island system: The Aegean Archipelago revisited

K Kougioumoutzis, AT Valli… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The Aegean Archipelago has been the focal research area for identifying and
testing several ecological and evolutionary patterns, yet its biogeographical subdivision has …

Embracing discordance: Phylogenomic analyses provide evidence for allopolyploidy leading to cryptic diversity in a Mediterranean Campanula (Campanulaceae) …

AA Crowl, C Myers, N Cellinese - Evolution, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Mediterranean Basin harbors a remarkable amount of biodiversity, a high
proportion of which is endemic to this region. Here, we present an in-depth study of an …

Geo-Climatic Changes and Apomixis as Major Drivers of Diversification in the Mediterranean Sea Lavenders (Limonium Mill.)

K Koutroumpa, BH Warren, S Theodoridis… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Mediterranean realm, comprising the Mediterranean and Macaronesian regions, has
long been recognized as one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, owing to its remarkable …

Understanding plant diversity and evolution in the Mediterranean Basin

G Nieto Feliner, N Cellinese, AA Crowl… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The biota of the Mediterranean Basin (MB), characterized by a high species richness and
endemism (Greuter, 1991; Blondel et al., 2010), has drawn the attention of biologists for …

A global perspective on Campanulaceae: Biogeographic, genomic, and floral evolution

AA Crowl, NW Miles, CJ Visger… - American journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The Campanulaceae are a diverse clade of flowering plants
encompassing more than 2300 species in myriad habitats from tropical rainforests to arctic …

Endemism in recently diverged angiosperms is associated with polyploidy

S Villa, M Montagna, S Pierce - Plant Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Endemic (range restricted or precinctive) plant species are frequently observed to exhibit
polyploidy (chromosome set duplication), which can drive shifts in ecology for angiosperms …