First fossil record of an East Asian endemic genus Sladenia (Sladeniaceae) from its modern range: Implications for floristic evolution and conservation biology
Jia, Lin-Bo1; Manchester, Steven R.2; Huang, Jian5; Su, Tao4,5; Xue, Li3; Zhang, Shi-Tao3; Huang, Yong-Jiang1; Zhou, Zhe-Kun1,5
刊名JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
2019-07-31
页码11
关键词conservation endemic plant morphological stasis phytogeography Sladenia
ISSN号1674-4918
DOI10.1111/jse.12518
通讯作者Huang, Yong-Jiang(huangyongjiang@mail.kib.ac.cn) ; Zhou, Zhe-Kun(zhouzk@mail.kib.ac.cn)
英文摘要Fossil records of endemic plants play an important role in recognizing the floristic history of East Asia and thereby facilitate the conservation of plant diversity in the region. However, the fossil record of many extant East Asian endemic genera remains poorly documented thus far. Here, we report an infructescence fossil of an East Asian endemic genus, Sladenia (Sladeniaceae), from the early Miocene of southeastern Yunnan, China. The fossil is characterized by: (i) dichasial cymes; and (ii) flask-shaped ovary with dense subparallel ribs on the surface extending from the base to the distal end of the united style. It represents the first fossil record of Sladenia in Asia, showing that the genus was established in the region at least by the early Miocene. Given that a much older fossil record of Sladeniaceae has been reported from Africa and the sister group of Sladenia is distributed only in Africa, Sladenia is not likely of East Asian origin. The present endemic status of Sladenia was possibly achieved by regional extirpation in Africa and taking refuge in East Asia. This case thus supports the "Museum" rather than "Cradle" hypothesis for the genesis of high plant species in the flora of East Asia. A comparison of the present fossil with extant Sladenia infructescence shows morphological stasis from the early Miocene to present. Such evolutionary tardiness might have resulted in the reduced fitness of the genus, which further caused its current endangered situation.
WOS研究方向Plant Sciences
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000479583300001
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/68379]  
专题昆明植物研究所_中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室
通讯作者Huang, Yong-Jiang; Zhou, Zhe-Kun
作者单位1.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, CAS Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China
2.Univ Florida, Florida Museum Nat Hist, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
3.Kunming Univ Sci & Technol, Fac Land Resource Engn, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, Peoples R China
4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
5.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China
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Jia, Lin-Bo,Manchester, Steven R.,Huang, Jian,et al. First fossil record of an East Asian endemic genus Sladenia (Sladeniaceae) from its modern range: Implications for floristic evolution and conservation biology[J]. JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION,2019:11.
APA Jia, Lin-Bo.,Manchester, Steven R..,Huang, Jian.,Su, Tao.,Xue, Li.,...&Zhou, Zhe-Kun.(2019).First fossil record of an East Asian endemic genus Sladenia (Sladeniaceae) from its modern range: Implications for floristic evolution and conservation biology.JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION,11.
MLA Jia, Lin-Bo,et al."First fossil record of an East Asian endemic genus Sladenia (Sladeniaceae) from its modern range: Implications for floristic evolution and conservation biology".JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION (2019):11.
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