[Article] Espèces végétales => Evolution of China's flowering plants shows East-West divide between old, new lineages | ECOLOGIE - ENVIRONNEMENT | Scoop.it
An international team of scientists has mapped the evolutionary relationships between China's 30,000 flowering plant species, uncovering a distinct regional pattern in biodiversity. Eastern China is a floral 'museum' with a rich array of ancient lineages and distant relatives while the western provinces are an evolutionary 'cradle' for newer and more closely related species.