Journal article
Island geography drives evolution of rattan palms in tropical Asian rainforests
- Abstract:
- Distributed across two continents and thousands of islands, the Asian tropics are among the most species-rich areas on Earth. The origins of this diversity, however, remain poorly understood. Here, we reveal and classify contributions of individual tropical Asian regions to their overall diversity by leveraging species-level phylogenomic data and new fossils from the most species-rich Asian palm lineage, the rattans and relatives (Arecaceae, Calamoideae). Radiators (Borneo) generate and distribute diversity, incubators (Indochina, New Guinea, and Sulawesi) produce diversity in isolation, corridors (Java, Maluku, Sumatra, and the Thai-Malay Peninsula) connect neighboring regions, and accumulators (Australia, India, Palawan, and the Philippines) acquire diversity generated elsewhere. These contrasting contributions can be explained by differences in region size and isolation, elucidating how the unique island-dominated geography of the Asian tropics drives their outstanding biodiversity.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1126/science.adp3437
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+ American Museum of Natural History
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/03thb3e06
- Publisher:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Journal:
- Science More from this journal
- Volume:
- 387
- Issue:
- 6739
- Pages:
- 1204-1209
- Publication date:
- 2025-03-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2025-01-08
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1095-9203
- ISSN:
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0036-8075
- Pmid:
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40080567
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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2097270
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pubs:2097270
- Deposit date:
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2025-04-01
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- Kuhnhäuser et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2025
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- Copyright © 2025 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works.
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The author accepted manuscript (AAM) of this paper has been made available under the University of Oxford's Open Access Publications Policy, and a CC BY public copyright licence has been applied.
This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from American Association for the Advancement of Science at https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adp3437
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