Recent Uplift of the Taihang Mountains Triggered the Lineage Diversification within the Genus Taihangia (Rosaceae)

doi:10.11983/CBB23159

Abstract

Abstract: Taihangia is a monotypic genus of the Rosaceae and endemic to the southern part of Taihang Mountains. Two varieties (T. rupestris var. rupestris and T. rupestris var. ciliate) are circumscribed currently under the species T. rupestris. However, the taxonomic status of these two varieties is still controversial and very few studies on the evolutionary history of this genus. In this study, a plastid phylogenomic analysis of Taihangia was conducted and the temporal evolutionary history of the genus was investigated. The results showed that the monophyly of the genus and also the two varieties were all recovered with strong support. In addition, the genus started to diverge at ca. 2.60 million years ago (Ma) near the Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary, and diversification events within the two varieties were estimated mostly during the late Pleistocene, which is highly consistent in time scale with the recent uplift of the southern part of the Taihang Mountains that occurred during the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Thus, we propose that the uplift of the southern part of Taihang Mountains may have played an important role in triggering the lineage diversification within the genus Taihangia. The present study not only enhances our understanding on the evolutionary history of Taihangia, but also provides a case study in understanding the relationship between diversification of plant lineages and mountains uplifting occurred in Asia.

Key words: divergence times, Rosaceae, mountain uplifting, Taihangia, Taihang Mountains, phylogenomics

Wenna Chen, Liangtao Li, Lu Zhou, Gang Yao. Recent Uplift of the Taihang Mountains Triggered the Lineage Diversification within the Genus Taihangia (Rosaceae)[J]. Chinese Bulletin of Botany, 2024, 59(5): 763-773.

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Taxon/individual	Vouchers	Locality	NCBI accession number
T. rupestris var. rupestris_YGS01	Chen WN-102	Yidoushui village, Xiuwu Hsien, Henan province, China	OR795017
T. rupestris var. rupestris_YGS02	Chen WN-103	Yidoushui village, Xiuwu Hsien, Henan province, China	OR795018
T. rupestris var. ciliate_ZQG01	Chen WN-104	Zhaiqinggou village, Wu’an City, Hebei province, China	OR795020
T. rupestris var. ciliate_ZQG02	Chen WN-105	Zhaiqinggou village, Wu’an City, Hebei province, China	OR795021
T. rupestris var. ciliate_CYG	Chen WN-106	Chaoyanggou village, Wu’an City, Hebei province, China	OR795019
T. rupestris var. ciliate_FJ	Chen WN-107	Fenjiao village, Wu’an City, Hebei province, China	OR795022
T. rupestris var. ciliate_LG	Chen WN-108	Lianggou village, Wu’an City, Hebei province, China	OR795023

Taxon/individual	Vouchers	Locality	NCBI accession number
T. rupestris var. rupestris_YGS01	Chen WN-102	Yidoushui village, Xiuwu Hsien, Henan province, China	OR795017
T. rupestris var. rupestris_YGS02	Chen WN-103	Yidoushui village, Xiuwu Hsien, Henan province, China	OR795018
T. rupestris var. ciliate_ZQG01	Chen WN-104	Zhaiqinggou village, Wu’an City, Hebei province, China	OR795020
T. rupestris var. ciliate_ZQG02	Chen WN-105	Zhaiqinggou village, Wu’an City, Hebei province, China	OR795021
T. rupestris var. ciliate_CYG	Chen WN-106	Chaoyanggou village, Wu’an City, Hebei province, China	OR795019
T. rupestris var. ciliate_FJ	Chen WN-107	Fenjiao village, Wu’an City, Hebei province, China	OR795022
T. rupestris var. ciliate_LG	Chen WN-108	Lianggou village, Wu’an City, Hebei province, China	OR795023

Taxon	NCBI accession number	Taxon	NCBI accession number
Acaena pinnatifida	KY419984	Rosa lichiangensis	KY419934
Comarum salesovianum	KY420034	R. persica	KY419918
Dryas drummondii	KY419952	Rubus fockeanus	KY420018
Fallugia paradoxa	KY419999	Ru. niveus	KY419961
Fragaria vesca	JF345175	Sanguisorba officinalis	KY419975
Geum aleppicum	NC_060733	Spenceria ramalana	KY419995
G. macrophyllum	NC_053765	Taihangia rupestris var. rupestris	MZ151697
G. urbanum	ON556622	T. rupestris var. rupestris	NC_037392
Hagenia abyssinica	KY420026	T. rupestris var. rupestris	MK567781
Potentilla purpurea	KY419953	T. rupestris var. ciliate	MZ151698

Taxon	NCBI accession number	Taxon	NCBI accession number
Acaena pinnatifida	KY419984	Rosa lichiangensis	KY419934
Comarum salesovianum	KY420034	R. persica	KY419918
Dryas drummondii	KY419952	Rubus fockeanus	KY420018
Fallugia paradoxa	KY419999	Ru. niveus	KY419961
Fragaria vesca	JF345175	Sanguisorba officinalis	KY419975
Geum aleppicum	NC_060733	Spenceria ramalana	KY419995
G. macrophyllum	NC_053765	Taihangia rupestris var. rupestris	MZ151697
G. urbanum	ON556622	T. rupestris var. rupestris	NC_037392
Hagenia abyssinica	KY420026	T. rupestris var. rupestris	MK567781
Potentilla purpurea	KY419953	T. rupestris var. ciliate	MZ151698