Evolutionary events in Lilium (including Nomocharis, Liliaceae) are temporally correlated with orogenies of the Q–T plateau and the Hengduan Mountains

Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and ecological niche modelling ofCardiocrinum(Liliaceae): insights into the evolutionary history of endemic genera distributed across the Sino-Japanese floristic region

“…S3). This timing is consistent with the orogeny of the Hengduan Mountains during the early to middle Pliocene (Chen, 1992(Chen, , 1996Gao et al, 2013), suggesting that mountain uplift might have provided physical barriers that caused geographical isolation for the populations of the widespread ancestral stock and facilitated allopatric divergence between C. giganteum and C. giganteum var. yunnanense.…”

Phylogeny of Rosa sections Chinenses and Synstylae (Rosaceae) based on chloroplast and nuclear markers

“…2). Our molecular phylogenies did not show a deep divergence in contrast with the morphological diversity exhibited by those species, and despite the fact that H-D Mountains and Q-T Plateau have been suggested as the divergence center of many plant taxa because of their rich topography and complex history (Gao et al, 2013;Sun et al, 2014;Wang et al, 2009). …”

A well-sampled phylogenetic analysis of the polystichoid ferns (Dryopteridaceae) suggests a complex biogeographical history involving both boreotropical migrations and recent transoceanic dispersals

“…Whereas recent investigations have highlighted the key role of the Andean orogeny in the diversification of several South American clades (e.g., Hughes and Eastwood, 2006;Antonelli et al, 2009;Hoorn et al, 2010), the precise impact of the QTP uplift on the evolution of Eastern Asian biota remains poorly understood (Favre et al, 2014) and the diversification pattern of a only a few taxa such as Saussurea DC. (Wang et al, 2009), Lilium L. (Gao et al, 2013) and Rhodiola L. (Zhang et al, 2014) has been investigated. The polystichoid ferns, and the Dryopteridaceae in general, could be an ideal model taxon to determine whether shifts in radiation rates are associated with the complex orogeny of the QTP.…”