Large-scale interplant exchange of macromolecules between soybean and dodder under nutrient stresses
Available online 3 December 2023
Parasitic plants and their hosts communicate through haustorial connections. Nutrient deficiency is a common stress for plants, yet little is known about whether and how host plants and parasites communicate...
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Circumscription of the East Asia clade (Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae) and the taxonomic placements of several problematic genera
Available online 29 November 2023
The East Asia (or Physospermopsis) clade was recognized in previous molecular phylogenetic investigations into the higher-level relationships of Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae. The composition of this...
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The first mitogenome of Lauraceae (Cinnamomum chekiangense)
Available online 18 November 2023
•The first reported mitochondrial genome (Cinnamomum chekiangense) of the Lauraceae family.•The mitogenome of C. chekiangense retains almost all of the ancestral protein-coding genes and has the highest...
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Life forms affect beta-diversity patterns of larch forests in China
Available online 30 October 2023
Beta-diversity reflects the spatial changes in community species composition which helps to understand how communities are assembled and biodiversity is formed and maintained. Larch (Larix) forests,...
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Cryptic diversity and rampant hybridization in annual gentians on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau revealed by population genomic analysis
Available online 28 October 2023
Understanding the evolutionary and ecological processes involved in population differentiation and speciation provides critical insights into biodiversity formation. In this study, we employed 29,865...
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Elevational and temporal patterns of pollination success in distylous and homostylous buckwheats (Fagopyrum) in the Hengduan Mountains
Available online 19 October 2023
Reproductive strategies of sexually dimorphic plants vary in response to the environment. Here, we ask whether the sexual systems of Fagopyrum species (i.e., selfing homostylous and out-crossing distylous)...
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Herbivore and native plant diversity synergistically resist alien plant invasion regardless of nutrient conditions
Available online 6 October 2023
Alien plant invasion success can be inhibited by two key biotic factors: native herbivores and plant diversity. However, few studies have experimentally tested whether these factors interact to synergistically...
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The complete plastid genome provides insight into maternal plastid inheritance mode of the living fossil plant Ginkgo biloba
Available online 4 October 2023
In the current research, we focus on uniparental inheritance of chloroplast genome of the living fossil plant, Ginkgo biloba L., one of the gymnosperms, using genomic data.•Our results provide strong...
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Geographic patterns of taxonomic and phylogenetic β-diversity of angiosperm genera in regional floras across the world
September 2023
Beta diversity (β-diversity) is the scalar between local (α) and regional (γ) diversity. Understanding geographic patterns of β-diversity is central to ecology, biogeography, and conservation biology....
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Plastid phylogenomics and species discrimination in the “Chinese” clade of Roscoea (Zingiberaceae)
September 2023
Roscoea is an alpine or subalpine genus from the pan-tropical family Zingiberaceae, which consists of two disjunct groups in geography, namely the “Chinese” clade and the “Himalayan” clade. Despite...
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Drivers of the differentiation between broad-leaved trees and shrubs in the shift from evergreen to deciduous leaf habit in forests of eastern Asian subtropics
September 2023
In eastern Asian subtropical forests, leaf habit shifts from evergreen to deciduous broad-leaved woody plants toward higher latitudes. This shift has been largely explained by the greater capacity of...
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Convergent relationships between flower economics and hydraulic traits across aquatic and terrestrial herbaceous plants
September 2023
Maintaining open flowers is critical for successful pollination and depends on long-term water and carbon balance. Yet the relationship between how flower hydraulic traits are coordinated in different...
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Evidence of the oldest extant vascular plant (horsetails) from the Indian Cenozoic
September 2023
Equisetum (Equisetaceae) has long been a focus of attention for botanists and palaeontologists because, given its extensive and well-documented fossil record, it is considered the oldest extant vascular...
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Resolving a nearly 90-year-old enigma: The rare Fagus chienii is conspecific with F. hayatae based on molecular and morphological evidence
September 2023
Taxonomic uncertainties of rare species often hinder effective prioritization for conservation. One such taxonomic uncertainty is the 90-year-old enigma of Fagus chienii. F. chienii was previously only...
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Climate change impacts the distribution of Quercus section Cyclobalanopsis (Fagaceae), a keystone lineage in East Asian evergreen broadleaved forests
September 2023
East Asian evergreen broadleaved forests (EBFLs) harbor high species richness, but these ecosystems are severely impacted by global climate change and deforestation. Conserving and managing EBLFs requires...
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Integrative analysis of the metabolome and transcriptome reveals the potential mechanism of fruit flavor formation in wild hawthorn (Crataegus chungtienensis)
September 2023
Hawthorns are important medicinal and edible plants with a long history of health protection in China. Besides cultivated hawthorn, other wild hawthorns may also have excellent medicinal and edible...
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RAD-sequencing improves the genetic characterization of a threatened tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) endemic to China: Implications for conservation
September 2023
Compared with traditional genetic markers, genomic approaches have proved valuable to the conservation of endangered species. Paeonia ludlowii having rarely and pure yellow flowers, is one of the world's...
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Historical development of karst evergreen broadleaved forests in East Asia has shaped the evolution of a hemiparasitic genus Brandisia (Orobanchaceae)
September 2023
Brandisia is a shrubby genus of about eight species distributed basically in East Asian evergreen broadleaved forests (EBLFs), with distribution centers in the karst regions of Yunnan, Guizhou, and...
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Is intraspecific trait differentiation in Parthenium hysterophorus a consequence of hereditary factors and/or phenotypic plasticity?
September 2023
Of the various strategies adopted by an invasive plant species for expanding its niche breadth, phenotypic differentiation (either due to plasticity and/or adaptive evolution) is proven to be the most...
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Different mechanisms underlie similar species-area relationships in two tropical archipelagoes
Available online 9 September 2023
Despite much research in the field of island biogeography, mechanisms regulating insular diversity remain elusive. Here, we aim to explore mechanisms underlying plant species-area relationships in two...
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What do we know about treelines of the Anthropocene in High Asia?
Available online 5 September 2023
The conversion of forests to pastures is the most important human intervention that has shaped the natural landscape into the Anthropocene environment. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP), which has both...
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Central Asia revealed as a key area in evolution of Eremurus (Asphodelaceae)
Available online 2 September 2023
Eremurus was described at the beginning of the 19th century. However, due to limited sampling and the small number of gene markers to date, its phylogeny and evolution are largely unknown. In this study,...
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Enhanced and asymmetric signatures of hybridization at climatic margins: Evidence from closely related dioecious fig species
Available online 28 August 2023
Hybridization plays a significant role in biological evolution. However, it is not clear whether ecological contingency differentially influences likelihood of hybridization, particularly at ecological...
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Temperature is a cryptic factor shaping the geographical pattern of genetic variation in Ceratophyllum demersum across a subtropical freshwater lake
Available online 19 August 2023
Macrophyte habitats exhibit remarkable heterogeneity, encompassing the spatial variation of abiotic and biotic components such as changes in water conditions and weather as well as anthropogenic stressors....
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A new infrageneric classification of Gastrochilus (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) based on molecular and morphological data
Available online 14 August 2023
Gastrochilus is an orchid genus containing 73 species of mainly epiphytic on trees or rocks in mountain forests of tropical and subtropical Asia. Previous phylogenetic analyses and morphological assessments...
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