Towards Conservation of the Remarkably High Number of Daisy Trees (Asteraceae) in Mexico
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Red de Diversidad Biológica del Occidente Mexicano, Pátzcuaro 61600, Michoacán, Mexico
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Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago 8331150, Chile
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Instituto de Geografía, Facultad de Historia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Geografía y Ciencia Política, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 8331150, Chile
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Instituto de Geografía, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Avenida Brasil 2241, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile
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Departamento de Botánica, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Herbario Nacional de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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Academic Editor: Gregor Kozlowski
Plants 2021, 10(3), 534; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030534
Received: 9 February 2021
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Revised: 4 March 2021
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Accepted: 7 March 2021
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Published: 12 March 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Woody Species)
Mexico is floristically the fourth most species-rich country in the world, and Asteraceae is the most diverse vascular plant family in this country. The species exhibits a wide range of growth forms, but the tree-like habit, appropriately named daisy trees, is heavily underestimated, even though slightly different tree definitions are handled. Very little is known about their precise species number or conservation status in Mexico, so we update here the list of known Mexican daisy tree species, summarize their very diverse uses, present a general panorama of their present and future distribution, and discuss their conservation status. A bibliographic review and herbarium study were carried out, carefully curated taxonomical ocurrence maps were prepared for each species, and a climatic suitability modelling approach was used to characterise the spatial patterns of Mexican Asteraceae trees. With 149 daisy tree species, the country ranks second at a global level; within the country, their greatest diversity is found in central and western Mexico. A decrease in diversity is estimated in areas that currently host the highest species richness, whereas the hotspot regions are estimated to show an increase in species diversity, so climate change is not a threat to all Mexican daisy tree species.
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Keywords:
biogeographic provinces; Compositae; endemism; nectariferous plants; ornamental species; protected areas; species distribution modelling; traditional medicine
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Redonda-Martínez, R.; Pliscoff, P.; Moreira-Muñoz, A.; Martínez Salas, E.M.; Samain, M.-S. Towards Conservation of the Remarkably High Number of Daisy Trees (Asteraceae) in Mexico. Plants 2021, 10, 534. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030534
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Redonda-Martínez R, Pliscoff P, Moreira-Muñoz A, Martínez Salas EM, Samain M-S. Towards Conservation of the Remarkably High Number of Daisy Trees (Asteraceae) in Mexico. Plants. 2021; 10(3):534. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030534
Chicago/Turabian StyleRedonda-Martínez, Rosario, Patricio Pliscoff, Andrés Moreira-Muñoz, Esteban Manuel Martínez Salas, and Marie-Stéphanie Samain. 2021. "Towards Conservation of the Remarkably High Number of Daisy Trees (Asteraceae) in Mexico" Plants 10, no. 3: 534. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030534
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