Global distribution, climatic preferences and photosynthesis-related traits of C₄ eudicots and how they differ from those of C₄ grasses.

ABSTRACT: C₄ is one of three known photosynthetic processes of carbon fixation in flowering plants. It evolved independently more than 61 times in multiple angiosperm lineages and consists of a series of anatomical and biochemical modifications to the ancestral C₃ pathway increasing plant productivity under warm and light-rich conditions. The C₄ lineages of eudicots belong to seven orders and 15 families, are phylogenetically less constrained than those of monocots and entail an enormous structural and ecological diversity. Eudicot C₄ lineages likely evolved the C₄ syndrome along different evolutionary paths. Therefore, a better understanding of this diversity is key to understanding the evolution of this complex trait as a whole. By compiling 1207 recogni

SUBMITTER: Berasategui JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10641307 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature