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Species diversity driven by morphological and ecological disparity: a case study of comparative seed morphology and anatomy across a large monocot order

Benedict, John C. ; Smith, Selena Y. ; Specht, Chelsea D. ; Collinson, Margaret E. ; Leong-Škorničková, Jana ; Parkinson, Dilworth Y. ; Marone, Federica

In: AoB PLANTS, 2016, vol. 8, no. 1, p. -

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    Titre
    • Species diversity driven by morphological and ecological disparity: a case study of comparative seed morphology and anatomy across a large monocot order
    Auteur
    • Benedict, John C.. Benedict John C.
    • Smith, Selena Y.. 1 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
    • Specht, Chelsea D.. 1 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
    • Collinson, Margaret E.. 1 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
    • Leong-Škorničková, Jana. 1 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
    • Parkinson, Dilworth Y.. 1 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
    • Marone, Federica. 1 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, USA
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:332862
    Summary
    The banana and ginger group, order Zingiberales, comprises of exceptionally diverse, primarily tropical, plants. Within Zingiberales, the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) is unique in being not only the most species-rich but also the most disparate in terms of their morphology and anatomy, and the only group with a substantial number of species in temperate environments. Multiple radiations into temperate habitats were found to not be driven by morphological change, but instead may point to a genetic plasticity in the family that provided opportunities for speciation events not found anywhere else in the order.