Sources of variation in plant chemical diversity: Lessons from Malagasy Ficus.

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Plants produce a tremendous variety of secondary compounds that are crucial to interspecific and intraspecific interactions and for adaptation to environmental changes. This chemical diversity has been attributed to multiple factors, including interactions with herbivores or pollinators, tissue-specific needs, and evolutionary constraints. The interplay between a vast array of factors driving plant chemodiversity remains unclear, mainly because most studies have focused on a single organ-mostly leaves-or, when comparing different organs, have been limited to single taxa. Thus, the relationship between functional and phylogenetic factors remains unresolved. We use a model system of Ficus from Madagascar to examine the extent to which phytochemical diversity is shaped by tiss

SUBMITTER: Nguyen LMN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12464463 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature