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Editorial
. 2024 Nov 13;134(5):i-ii.
doi: 10.1093/aob/mcae110.

A possible case of adaptive radiation in cycads. A commentary on 'Transcriptome sequencing data provide a solid base to understand the phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and reticulated evolution of the genus Zamia L. (Cycadales: Zamiaceae)'

José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega  1 , Juan Carlos Villarreal A  2
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Editorial

A possible case of adaptive radiation in cycads. A commentary on 'Transcriptome sequencing data provide a solid base to understand the phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and reticulated evolution of the genus Zamia L. (Cycadales: Zamiaceae)'

José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega et al. Ann Bot. .

Abstract

This article comments on:

Anders Lindstrom, Sadaf Habib, Shanshan Dong, Yiqing Gong, Jian Liu, Michael Calonje, Dennis Stevenson and Shouzhou Zhang, Transcriptome sequencing data provide a solid base to understand the phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and reticulated evolution of the genus Zamia L. (Cycadales: Zamiaceae), Annals of Botany, Volume 134, Issue 5, 1 November 2024, Pages 747–768 https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae065

Keywords: Zamia pseudoparasitica; Neotropics; phylogenetics; phylotranscriptomics; speciation.

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Fig. 1.
Among all the cycad genera, Zamia displays the most spectacular diversity in habitats and morphology. (A) A good example is the only epiphytic gymnosperm, Z. pseudoparasitica, as shown climbing up to 20 m in the Panamanian rainforest canopy (photograph by Lilisbeth Rodriguez-Castro and Mia Roy). (B) The natural history of this and other Zamia species is being unravelled, as shown by the recently discovered seed disperser of Z. pseudoparasitica: the nocturnal northern olingo (Bassaricyon gabbii) is seen approaching a seed cone (photograph by Claudio Monteza-Moreno and Lilisbeth Rodriguez-Castro).
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