Dynamism and context dependency in the diversification of the megadiverse plant genus Solanum L. (Solanaceae).
S. Echeverria-Londono, T. Särkinen, I. S. Fenton, S. Knapp, A. Purvis
The paper examines how dispersal events and climatic changes have shaped the diversification of the plant genus Solanum, finding that Old World lineages are diversifying more rapidly following a long-distance dispersal event.
bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2018Evolutionary Biology