Species’ geographical range, environmental range and traits lead to specimen collection preference of dominant plant species of grasslands in Northern China
May 2024
Many different factors, such as species traits, socio-economic factors, geographical and environmental factors, can lead to specimen collection preference. This study aims to determine whether grassland...
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Molecular analyses display the increasing diversity of Podostemaceae in China
May 2024
•Four newly recorded species of Podostemaceae from southern China were identified by molecular and morphological evidence.•17 plastomes of Podostemaceae were newly sequenced and two novel polymorphic...
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Stomatal dynamics are regulated by leaf hydraulic traits and guard cell anatomy in nine true mangrove species
May 2024
Stomatal regulation is critical for mangroves to survive in the hyper-saline intertidal zone where water stress is severe and water availability is highly fluctuant. However, very little is known about...
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Epigenetic control on transcription of vernalization genes and whole-genome gene expression profile induced by vernalization in common wheat
May 2024
Vernalization is necessary for winter wheat to flower. However, it is unclear whether vernalization is also required for spring wheat, which is frequently sown in fall, and what molecular mechanisms...
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BrrTCP4b interacts with BrrTTG1 to suppress the development of trichomes in Brassica rapa var. rapa
May 2024
The number of trichomes significantly increased in CRISPR/Cas9-edited BrrTCP4b turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) plants. However, the underlying molecular mechanism remains to be uncovered. In this study,...
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Conservation genomics provides insights into genetic resilience and adaptation of the endangered Chinese hazelnut, Corylus chinensis
May 2024
Global climate change has increased concerns regarding biodiversity loss. However, many key conservation issues still required further research, including demographic history, deleterious mutation load,...
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Comprehensive integration of single-cell transcriptomic data illuminates the regulatory network architecture of plant cell fate specification
May 2024
Plant morphogenesis relies on precise gene expression programs at the proper time and position which is orchestrated by transcription factors (TFs) in intricate regulatory networks in a cell-type specific...
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Across two phylogeographic breaks: Quaternary evolutionary history of a mountain aspen (Populus rotundifolia) in the Hengduan Mountains
May 2024
Biogeographical barriers to gene flow are central to plant phylogeography. In East Asia, plant distribution is greatly influenced by two phylogeographic breaks, the Mekong-Salween Divide and Tanaka-Kaiyong...
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Multi-omics analyses provide insights into the evolutionary history and the synthesis of medicinal components of the Chinese wingnut
May 2024
Chinese wingnut (Pterocarya stenoptera) is a medicinally and economically important tree species within the family Juglandaceae. However, the lack of high-quality reference genome has hindered its in-depth...
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Evolutionary history shapes variation of wood density of tree species across the world
May 2024
The effect of evolutionary history on wood density variation may play an important role in shaping variation in wood density, but this has largely not been tested. Using a comprehensive global dataset...
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Hydraulic properties and drought response of a tropical bamboo (Cephalostachyum pergracile)
May 2024
Bamboo plants are an essential component of tropical ecosystems, yet their vulnerability to climate extremes, such as drought, is poorly understood due to limited knowledge of their hydraulic properties....
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Deep genome skimming reveals the hybrid origin of Pseudosasa gracilis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae)
May 2024
Pseudosasa gracilis (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) is a temperate woody bamboo species endemic to South-central China with a narrow distribution. Previous phylogenetic studies revealed an unexpected, isolated...
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Arlenea delicata gen. et sp. nov., a new ephedroid plant from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil
May 2024
Ephedroid macrofossils have been widely documented in Cretaceous deposits, including numerous from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of NE China. However, few ephedroid macrofossils have been reported...
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Central Asia revealed as a key area in evolution of Eremurus (Asphodelaceae)
May 2024
Eremurus was described at the beginning of the 19th century. However, due to limited sampling and the small number of gene markers to date, its phylogeny and evolution are largely unknown. In this study,...
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Strong evidence for latitudinal diversity gradient in mosses across the world
Available online 18 May 2024
Species richness generally decreases with increasing latitude, a biodiversity gradient that has long been considered as one of the few laws in ecology. This latitudinal diversity gradient has been observed...
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Transcription factor ABF3 modulates salinity stress-enhanced jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis
Available online 18 May 2024
Salinity is a severe abiotic stress that affects plant growth and yield. Salinity stress activates jasmonate (JA) signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana, but the underlying molecular mechanism remains to...
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Progress in systematics and biogeography of Orchidaceae
Available online 16 May 2024
Orchidaceae are one of the largest families of angiosperms in terms of species richness. In the last decade, numerous studies have delved into reconstructing the phylogenetic framework of Orchidaceae,...
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A review of ethnobotanical studies reveals over 500 medicinal plants in Mindanao, Philippines
Available online 15 May 2024
Medicinal plants have long been used to treat various diseases in both indigenous and non-indigenous populations of Mindanao, Philippines. Here, we extracted data from ethnobotanical studies to compile...
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Aboveground biomass stocks of species-rich natural forests in southern China are influenced by stand structural attributes, species richness and precipitation
Available online 6 May 2024
Forests, the largest terrestrial carbon sinks, play an important role in carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation. Although forest attributes and environmental factors have been shown to impact...
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Seedling dynamics differ between canopy species and understory species in a tropical seasonal rainforest, SW China
Available online 2 May 2024
We used 11 years of census data from 450 seedling quadrats established in a 20-ha forest dynamics plot to study seedling dynamics in tree species of a tropical seasonal rainforest in Xishuangbanna,...
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Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Phlomoides (Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae) in China: Insights from molecular and morphological data
Available online 29 April 2024
Phlomoides, with 150–170 species, is the second largest and perhaps most taxonomically challenging genus within the subfamily Lamioideae (Lamiaceae). With about 60 species, China is one of three major...
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Extremely thin but very robust: Surprising cryptogam trait combinations at the end of the leaf economics spectrum
Available online 26 April 2024
Leaf economics spectrum (LES) describes the fundamental trade-offs between leaf structural, chemical, and physiological investments. Generally, structurally robust thick leaves with high leaf dry mass...
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Genetically- and environmentally-dependent processes drive interspecific and intraspecific divergence in the Chinese relict endemic genus Dipteronia
Available online 26 April 2024
China is a hotspot of relict plant species that were once widespread throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Recent research has demonstrated that the occurrence of long-term stable refugia in the mountainous...
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Origin and evolution of a new tetraploid mangrove species in an intertidal zone
Available online 26 April 2024
Polyploidy is a major factor in the evolution of plants, yet we know little about the origin and evolution of polyploidy in intertidal species. This study aimed to identify the evolutionary transitions...
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Assembly structures of coastal woody species of eastern South America: Patterns and drivers
Available online 23 April 2024
Tropical regions have provided new insights into how ecological communities are assembled. In dry coastal communities, water stress has been hypothesized to determine plant assembly structure by favoring...
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