Biogeography of Rhaponticoides, an Irano-Turanian element in the Mediterranean flora.

ABSTRACT: Floristic relationships between the Irano-Turanian and Mediterranean regions have been known from old. However, only a few biogeographical analyses based on molecular data have evaluated the history of steppe plants within the Mediterranean basin. Our study aims to contribute to a better understanding of the migratory and diversification processes by reconstructing the biogeography of Rhaponticoides (Cardueae), distributed in the Mediterranean and Irano-Turanian regions. We generated nuclear and plastid sequences that were analyzed by Bayesian inference. We used the resulting phylogeny for dating the diversification of the genus and examining the dispersal pathways. Two clades were recovered, an Irano-Turanian clade and a Mediterranean clade. The origin of the genus was placed in the Anato

SUBMITTER: Bozkurt M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9768164 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature