The origins and evolutionary history of xerophytic vegetation in Australia

被引:13
作者
Byrne, Margaret [1 ]
Murphy, Daniel J. [2 ]
机构
[1] Dept Biodivers Conservat & Attract, Biodivers & Conservat Sci, Locked Bag 104, Bentley, WA 6983, Australia
[2] Royal Bot Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Ave, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia
关键词
arid; diversification; mesic; phylogeny; phylogeography; sclerophyll; speciation; ACACIA SUBGENUS PHYLLODINEAE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; FOREST TREE; CHENOPODIACEAE IMPLICATIONS; BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT; RETICULATE EVOLUTION; WESTERN-AUSTRALIA; GENETIC-VARIATION; GRANITE OUTCROPS; CPDNA VARIATION;
D O I
10.1071/BT20022
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
The xeromorphic vegetation is a significant component of the Australian flora and phylogenetic and phylogeographic analysis of xeromorphic plants provides a basis for understanding the origins and evolutionary history of the Australian vegetation. Here we expand on previous reviews of the origins and maintenance of the Australian flora with an emphasis on the xeromorphic component. Phylogenetic evidence supports fossil evidence for evolution of sclerophyll and xeromorphic vegetation from the Eocene with lineages becoming more common in the Oligocene and Miocene, a time of major change in climate and vegetation in Australia. Phylogenetic evidence supports the mesic biome as ancestral to the arid zone biome in Australia in phylogenies of key groups. The diversification and radiation of Australian species shows single origins of xeromorphic group mainly at deeper levels in phylogenies as well as multiple origins of arid occurring species at shallower levels. Divergence across the Nullarbor is also evident and speciation rates in south-western Australia were higher than in the south-east in several plant families. Estimates of timing of diversification generally show either constant rates of diversification or increased diversification from the mid to late Miocene. Phylogeographic studies consistently demonstrate high localised genetic diversity and geographic structure in xeromorphic species occupying both mesic and arid biomes.
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页码:195 / 207
页数:13
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