Phylogeography of <i>Pleurospermum foetens</i> (Apiaceae) From the Sky Islands of Southwest China.

ABSTRACT: Sky islands provide insights on how glacial-interglacial cycles have shaped species distribution and help for predicting species' responses to climate warming. The alpine subnival belt of southwest China, especially in the Hengduan Mountains and adjacent areas, is sky island-like. Among them, the Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau harbors several isolated mountains with well-developed alpine subnival vegetation, sharing a similar species composition with the Hengduan Mountains. However, the relationship between the sky islands of the Hengduan Mountains and the Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau remains insufficiently explored. Pleurospermum foetens (Apiaceae) is a species endemic to the alpine screes of the Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau and the Hengduan Mountains. We used DNA sequence data from 59 individuals

SUBMITTER: Yu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11554384 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature