Historical biogeography and evolutionary diversification of Lilium (Liliaceae): New insights from plastome phylogenomics.

ABSTRACT: Here, we infer the historical biogeography and evolutionary diversification of the genus Lilium. For this purpose, we used the complete plastomes of 64 currently accepted species in the genus Lilium (14 plastomes were newly sequenced) to recover the phylogenetic backbone of the genus and a time-calibrated phylogenetic framework to estimate biogeographical history scenarios and evolutionary diversification rates of Lilium. Our results suggest that ancient climatic changes and geological tectonic activities jointly shaped the distribution range and drove evolutionary radiation of Lilium, including the Middle Miocene Climate Optimum (MMCO), the late Miocene global cooling, as well as the successive uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) and the strengthening of

SUBMITTER: Zhou N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11128834 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature