Article
Genetic structure of a widespread alpine shrub Rhododendron aureum (Ericaceae) across East Asia.
Journal of plant research - 1 Jan 2021
Polezhaeva Maria A, Tikhonova Natalya A, Marchuk Elena A, Modorov Makar V, Ranyuk Maryana N, Polezhaev Alexey N, Badmayeva Natalya K, Semerikov Vladimir L
Abstract excerpt
The vast territory of East Asia, including southwestern Beringia, is considered to have been almost ice free during the Pleistocene. Cold-resistant flora may have persisted in this region expanding or contracting its range during the climate cooling. Only a few plant genera have been studied with a sampling area across their entire geographic range in East Asia; therefore, the understanding of the biogeographic...
Topics
- Ericaceae
- Asia, Eastern
- Genetic Variation
- Japan
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeography
- Rhododendron
- Russia
- Siberia
