Origin and Evolution of the East Asian Flora (EAF)—2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 684
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Interests: plant phylogeny and taxonomy; reticulate evolution; lycophytes and ferns; flora
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Interests: plant phylogeny and taxonomy; plant speciation; floristic phytogeography; phylogeography; palaeoflora
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The East Asian flora (EAF) represents a key biodiversity hotspot in understanding the origin and evolution of Northern Hemisphere floras. Two main floras, the Sino-Himalayan flora (mainly the Rhododendron flora) and the Sino-Japanese flora (mainly the Metasequoia flora), have been recognized as being part of the EAF. The EAF has high plant species diversity and contains many Cenozoic relict seed plants, and, therefore, the assembly of the EAF over time is of great concern among both botanists and biogeographers.
In recent years, due to the application of new technologies and theories, such as molecular phylogeny, molecular ecology, and phylogeography, significant achievements have been made in further understanding a flora’s evolutionary history in relation to space and time.
For this Special Issue, papers on regional flora, plant speciation, plant phylogeny and classification, endemism, relict elements, discontinuous distribution, and palaeoflora associated with EAF will be considered. Research that combines multiple pieces of evidence will be especially welcome.
Dr. Kewang Xu
Prof. Dr. Wenbo Liao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- flora of East Asia
- phylogeography
- molecular phylogeny
- plant diversity
- plant taxonomy
- palaeoflora
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