Mid-Pleistocene origin and phylogeographical signatures of recurrent expansion-fragmentation of a highly inbred and endangered African timber legume

• Published in: Botanical journal of the Linnean Society
• Main Authors: Ranavat, Surabhi, Sergeant, Saskia, Assumani, Dieu-Merci, Sonké, Bonaventure, Bouka, Gaël U D, Bourland, Nils, Gillet, Jean-François, Doucet, Jean-Louis, Hardy, Olivier J
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 21.05.2025
• Subjects: African rain forest; Biologie végétale (sciences végétales, sylviculture, mycologie...); Environmental sciences & ecology; Genetic diversity; Inbreeding; Life sciences; Pericopsis; Phytobiology (plant sciences, forestry, mycology...); Pleistocene; Range expansion; Sciences de l’environnement & écologie; Sciences du vivant

Past climatic oscillations have influenced the genetic diversity and distribution patterns of tropical African tree species, and possibly their mating system. To explore these effects, we investigated the phylogeography of Pericopsis elata (Fabaceae), an endangered timber species with a high selfing...