<i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) Fossils from the Paleogene of Southwestern China and Its Species Accumulation in Asia
Extant <i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) is a genus of 300 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas, widely distributed in pantropical areas, but its diversification history in southeastern Asia, one of its centers of highest diversity, remains unclear. We report new fossils of three <i>Ba...
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| author | Lin-Bo Jia Jin-Jin Hu Shi-Tao Zhang Tao Su Robert A. Spicer Jia Liu Jiu-Cheng Yang Pu Zou Yong-Jiang Huang Zhe-Kun Zhou |
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| description | Extant <i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) is a genus of 300 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas, widely distributed in pantropical areas, but its diversification history in southeastern Asia, one of its centers of highest diversity, remains unclear. We report new fossils of three <i>Bauhinia</i> species with cuticular preservation from the Paleogene of Puyang Basin, southwestern China. Our finding likely extends the emergence of <i>Bauhinia</i> in Asia to the late Eocene. Together with previously reported fossil records, we show that the diversification of <i>Bauhina</i> in Asia and the phenomenon of a small region harboring multiple <i>Bauhinia</i> species in southwestern China could be traced back to the Paleogene. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34a44ca6e24040a08052d66d08ac64842023-11-24T00:57:04ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182022-02-0114317310.3390/d14030173<i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) Fossils from the Paleogene of Southwestern China and Its Species Accumulation in AsiaLin-Bo Jia0Jin-Jin Hu1Shi-Tao Zhang2Tao Su3Robert A. Spicer4Jia Liu5Jiu-Cheng Yang6Pu Zou7Yong-Jiang Huang8Zhe-Kun Zhou9CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, ChinaFaculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, ChinaFaculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, ChinaSouth China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, ChinaExtant <i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) is a genus of 300 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas, widely distributed in pantropical areas, but its diversification history in southeastern Asia, one of its centers of highest diversity, remains unclear. We report new fossils of three <i>Bauhinia</i> species with cuticular preservation from the Paleogene of Puyang Basin, southwestern China. Our finding likely extends the emergence of <i>Bauhinia</i> in Asia to the late Eocene. Together with previously reported fossil records, we show that the diversification of <i>Bauhina</i> in Asia and the phenomenon of a small region harboring multiple <i>Bauhinia</i> species in southwestern China could be traced back to the Paleogene.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/173AsiaBiogeography<i>Bauhinia</i>Fabaceaelate Eocene |
| spellingShingle | Lin-Bo Jia Jin-Jin Hu Shi-Tao Zhang Tao Su Robert A. Spicer Jia Liu Jiu-Cheng Yang Pu Zou Yong-Jiang Huang Zhe-Kun Zhou <i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) Fossils from the Paleogene of Southwestern China and Its Species Accumulation in Asia Diversity Asia Biogeography <i>Bauhinia</i> Fabaceae late Eocene |
| title | <i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) Fossils from the Paleogene of Southwestern China and Its Species Accumulation in Asia |
| title_full | <i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) Fossils from the Paleogene of Southwestern China and Its Species Accumulation in Asia |
| title_fullStr | <i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) Fossils from the Paleogene of Southwestern China and Its Species Accumulation in Asia |
| title_full_unstemmed | <i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) Fossils from the Paleogene of Southwestern China and Its Species Accumulation in Asia |
| title_short | <i>Bauhinia</i> (Leguminosae) Fossils from the Paleogene of Southwestern China and Its Species Accumulation in Asia |
| title_sort | i bauhinia i leguminosae fossils from the paleogene of southwestern china and its species accumulation in asia |
| topic | Asia Biogeography <i>Bauhinia</i> Fabaceae late Eocene |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/173 |
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