Maianthemum is a genus with more than 35 species from the tribe Polygonateae(Asparagaceae),widely distributed between North to Central Americas and eastern Asia with high diversity in the easternHimalayas to the Hengd...Maianthemum is a genus with more than 35 species from the tribe Polygonateae(Asparagaceae),widely distributed between North to Central Americas and eastern Asia with high diversity in the easternHimalayas to the Hengduan Mountains of SW China.Although most species from SW China form a well-supported clade,phylogenetic relationships within this clade remain unclear.With a broad level of taxon sampling and an extensive character sampling fromeight DNA regions,this study intends to revisit the phylogeny and biogeography of the genus to better understand the divergence patterns of species from SW China.Phylogenetic results suggested the monophyly of Maianthemum with recognition of nine strongly supported clades,but backbone relationships among these clades remained largely uncertain.For the SWChina clade,individuals from the same species are grouped into different lineages.Our results revealed that the fast radiation of the SWChina cladewas occurred in the eastern Himalayas,followed by subsequent radiation in the Hengduan Mountains in the Pliocene.Intercontinental disjunctions of Maianthemum in the Northern Hemisphere appear to have occurred multiple times during the late Miocene to the Pliocene,likely resulted by a combination of both vicariance and long-distance dispersal events.展开更多
基金This study was supported by grants from Natural Sciences Foundation of China(31760055)Natural Sciences Foundation of Hunan Province(2019JJ40232 and 2019JJ40233)+2 种基金Comprehensive Scientific Investigation of Biodiversity from the Wuling Mountains(2014FY110100)the Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate(CX2018B724)the John D.and Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation.
文摘Maianthemum is a genus with more than 35 species from the tribe Polygonateae(Asparagaceae),widely distributed between North to Central Americas and eastern Asia with high diversity in the easternHimalayas to the Hengduan Mountains of SW China.Although most species from SW China form a well-supported clade,phylogenetic relationships within this clade remain unclear.With a broad level of taxon sampling and an extensive character sampling fromeight DNA regions,this study intends to revisit the phylogeny and biogeography of the genus to better understand the divergence patterns of species from SW China.Phylogenetic results suggested the monophyly of Maianthemum with recognition of nine strongly supported clades,but backbone relationships among these clades remained largely uncertain.For the SWChina clade,individuals from the same species are grouped into different lineages.Our results revealed that the fast radiation of the SWChina cladewas occurred in the eastern Himalayas,followed by subsequent radiation in the Hengduan Mountains in the Pliocene.Intercontinental disjunctions of Maianthemum in the Northern Hemisphere appear to have occurred multiple times during the late Miocene to the Pliocene,likely resulted by a combination of both vicariance and long-distance dispersal events.
