Claim · model-written summary
Taxillus and Scurrula diverged during the climatic optimum in the middle Miocene.
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e5“Taxillus and Scurrula diverged during the climatic optimum in the middle Miocene.”
Title
Chi Toan Le; Limin Lu; Van Du Nguyen; et al. BMC Plant Biology 2024. doi:10.1186/s12870-024-05126-0
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Scurrulinae is non-monophyletic.
- Observation Phyllodesmis is recognized as a separate genus from Taxillus and Scurrula.
- Observation Scurrulinae originated in Asia during the Oligocene.
- Observation Scurrulinae was inferred to have been widespread in Asia and did not disperse to other areas.
- Observation The African Taxillus wiensii originated in Africa from African Loranthaceae about 17 Ma and evolved independently from Asian Taxillus.
- Mechanism Diversification of Scurrulinae may have been supported by the fast-changing climate.
