| Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities in Cretaceous Myanmar amber | |
| Shi, Chao1; Wang, Shuo2; Cai, Hao-Hong; Zhang, Hong-Rui; Long, Xiao-Xuan; Tihelka, Erik3; Song, Wei-cai; Feng, Qi; Jiang, Ri-xin; Cai, Chen-Yang; Lombard, Natasha6; Li, Xiong; Yuan, Ji8; Zhu, Jian-ping; Yang, Hui-yu; Liu, Xiao-fan; Xiang, Qiao-ping; Zhao, Zun-tian; Long, Chun-lin; Schneider, Harald12,13; Zhang, Xian-chun; Peng, Hua1; Li, De-Zhu; Fan, Yong2; Engel, Michael S.; Wang, Yong-Dong; Spicer, Robert A. | |
| 2022 | |
| Source Publication | NATURE PLANTS
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| ISSN | 2055-026X |
| Volume | 8Issue:2Pages:125-135 |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Subject Area | Plant Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41477-021-01091-w |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000750285700001 |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/13007 |
| Collection | 2012年后新成立研究组 |
| Affiliation | 1.Qingdao Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Marine Sci & Biol Engn, Qingdao, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.Fushun Amber Inst, Fushun, Peoples R China 4.Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Life Sci Bldg, Bristol, Avon, England 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Palaeoenvironm, Nanjing, Peoples R China 7.South African Natl Biodivers Inst, Biosystemat & Biodivers Collect Div, Natl Herbarium, Pretoria, South Africa 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Germplasm Bank Wild Species, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China 9.Shanghai World Expo Museum, Shanghai, Peoples R China 10.Shandong Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Jinan, Peoples R China 11.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Systemat & Evolutionary Bot, Beijing, Peoples R China 12.Minzu Univ China, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 13.Nat Hist Museum, Dept Life Sci, London, England 14.Sun Yatsen Univ, Sch Life Sci, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China 15.Engel, Michael S.] Univ Kansas, Nat Hist Museum, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA 16.Engel, Michael S.] Univ Kansas, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA 17.Spicer, Robert A.] Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla, Peoples R China 18.Spicer, Robert A.] Open Univ, Sch Environm Earth & Ecosyst Sci, Milton Keynes, Bucks, England |
| Recommended Citation 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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