ArticleNature communications2024
Identifying the multiple drivers of cactus diversification.
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- CactEcoDB: Trait, spatial, environmental, phylogenetic and diversification data for the cactus family.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Plastome phylogenomics unveils an East Asian origin and climatic niche-driven radiation of the temperate tribe Polygoneae (Polygonaceae).Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Phylogenomics and classification of Cactaceae based on hundreds of nuclear genes.Plant systematics and evolution = Entwicklungsgeschichte und Systematik der Pflanzen · 2025Article
- 'More tight-less tight' Patterns in the Climatic Niche Evolution of Gymnocalycium (Cactaceae): Were Pleistocene Glaciations a Prelude?PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
Our understanding of the complexity of forces at play in the rise of major angiosperm lineages remains incomplete. The diversity and heterogeneous distribution of most angiosperm lineages is so extraordinary that it confounds our ability to identify simple drivers of diversification. Using machine learning in combination with phylogenetic modelling, we show that five separate abiotic and biotic variables significantly contribute to the diversification of Cactaceae. We reconstruct a comprehensive phylogeny, build a dataset of 39 abiotic and biotic variables, and predict the variables of central importance, while accounting for potential interactions between those variables. We use state-dependent diversification models to confirm that five abiotic and biotic variables shape diversification in the cactus family. Of highest importance are diurnal air temperature range, soil sand content and plant size, with lesser importance identified in isothermality and geographic range size. Interestingly, each of the estimated optimal conditions for abiotic variables were intermediate, indicating that cactus diversification is promoted by moderate, not extreme, climates. Our results reveal the potential primary drivers of cactus diversification, and the need to account for the complexity underlying the evolution of angiosperm lineages.
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