Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities in Cretaceous Myanmar amber
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作者 | Shi, Chao3; Wang, Shuo2; Cai, Hao-Hong; Zhang, Hong-Rui; Long, Xiao-Xuan; Tihelka, Erik10; Song, Wei-cai; Feng, Qi; Jiang, Ri-xin; Cai, Chen-Yang |
刊名 | NATURE PLANTS |
出版日期 | 2022 |
卷号 | 8期号:2页码:125-135 |
ISSN号 | 2055-026X |
DOI | 10.1038/s41477-021-01091-w |
英文摘要 | The rapid Cretaceous diversification of flowering plants remains Darwin's 'abominable mystery' despite numerous fossil flowers discovered in recent years. Wildfires were frequent in the Cretaceous and many such early flower fossils are represented by charcoalified fragments, lacking complete delicate structures and surface textures, making their similarity to living forms difficult to discern. Furthermore, scarcity of information about the ecology of early angiosperms makes it difficult to test hypotheses about the drivers of their diversification, including the role of fire in shaping flowering plant evolution. We report the discovery of two exquisitely preserved fossil flower species, one identical to the inflorescences of the extant crown-eudicot genus Phylica and the other recovered as a sister group to Phylica, both preserved as inclusions together with burned plant remains in Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (similar to 99 million years ago). These specialized flower species, named Phylica piloburmensis sp. nov. and Eophylica priscastellata gen. et sp. nov., exhibit traits identical to those of modern taxa in fire-prone ecosystems such as the fynbos of South Africa, and provide evidence of fire adaptation in angiosperms. |
学科主题 | Plant Sciences |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000750285700001 |
源URL | [http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/13007] |
专题 | 西双版纳热带植物园_2012年后新成立研究组 |
作者单位 | 1.Sun Yatsen Univ, Sch Life Sci, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.Qingdao Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Marine Sci & Biol Engn, Qingdao, Peoples R China 4.Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Life Sci Bldg, Bristol, Avon, England 5.Spicer, Robert A.] Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla, Peoples R China 6.Spicer, Robert A.] Open Univ, Sch Environm Earth & Ecosyst Sci, Milton Keynes, Bucks, England 7.Nat Hist Museum, Dept Life Sci, London, England 8.Engel, Michael S.] Univ Kansas, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA 9.Engel, Michael S.] Univ Kansas, Nat Hist Museum, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA 10.Fushun Amber Inst, Fushun, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Shi, Chao,Wang, Shuo,Cai, Hao-Hong,et al. Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities in Cretaceous Myanmar amber[J]. NATURE PLANTS,2022,8(2):125-135. |
APA | Shi, Chao.,Wang, Shuo.,Cai, Hao-Hong.,Zhang, Hong-Rui.,Long, Xiao-Xuan.,...&Spicer, Robert A..(2022).Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities in Cretaceous Myanmar amber.NATURE PLANTS,8(2),125-135. |
MLA | Shi, Chao,et al."Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities in Cretaceous Myanmar amber".NATURE PLANTS 8.2(2022):125-135. |
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来源:西双版纳热带植物园
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