Diversity and Paleoecological History of Saxifraga
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Diversity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 4552
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Members of the genus Saxifraga L. (Saxifragaceae Juss.) are characteristic and foundational plants of arctic and montane–alpine regions in the Northern Hemisphere, with centers of diversity in the Sino-Himalayan ranges, the Caucasus and the Alps, and the Arctic. The genus began to diversify approximately 30 million years ago and is now subdivided into 13 sections with approximately 450 species, including many narrow endemics. Species of Saxifraga are morphologically diverse, displaying a remarkable variety of growth forms, vegetative characters, and reproductive attributes. In addition, chromosome numbers vary widely across taxa. This Special Issue highlights new research exploring the historic drivers of diversification, such as orogenic uplift, paleoclimatic cycles, geographic isolation, hybridization, polyploidy, environmental changes, and biotic interactions, which have given rise to the wonderful diversity of saxifrages that we observe today.
Prof. Eric DeChaine
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Saxifraga
- Speciation
- Paleoecology
- Biogeographic history
- Environmental change
- Arctic–alpine
- Refugia
- Hybridization
- Vegetative and reproductive morphology
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