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NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 234, 期 3, 页码 1075-1087出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18024
关键词
Asterales; disparity; diversity; morphology; morphospace; phylogeny; pollen
资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) [443701866]
- Agencia Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas [PICT 2019-03011]
- ProjektDEAL
Morphological diversity is an important component of biodiversity and understanding the evolutionary history and morphological evolution of plants. The morphospace of Asterales pollen is phylogenetically structured, but there is no significant difference in disparity among different taxonomic groups. Additionally, there is mixed evidence for whole-genome duplication driving the morphological evolution of Asterales pollen.
Morphological diversity (disparity) is a key component of biodiversity and increasingly a focus of botanical research. Despite the wide range of morphologies represented by pollen grains, to date there are few studies focused on the controls on pollen disparity and morphospace occupation, and fewer still considering these parameters in a phylogenetic framework. Here, we analyse morphospace occupation, disparity and rates of morphological evolution in Asterales pollen, in a phylogenetic context. We use a dataset comprising 113 taxa from across the Asterales phylogeny, with pollen morphology described using 28 discrete characters. The Asterales pollen morphospace is phylogenetically structured around groups of related taxa, consistent with punctuated bursts of morphological evolution at key points in the Asterales phylogeny. There is no substantial difference in disparity among these groups of taxa, despite large differences in species richness and biogeographic range. There is also mixed evidence for whole-genome duplication as a driver of Asterales pollen morphological evolution. Our results highlight the importance of evolutionary history for structuring pollen morphospace. Our study is consistent with others that have shown a decoupling of biodiversity parameters, and reinforces the need to focus on disparity as a key botanical metric in its own right.
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