A Review of C4 Plants in Southwest Asia: An Ecological, Geographical and Taxonomical Analysis of a Region With High Diversity of C4 Eudicots

A Review of C4 Plants in Southwest Asia: An Ecological, Geographical and Taxonomical Analysis of a Region With High Diversity of C4 Eudicots

Southwest Asia is climatically and topographically a highly diverse region in the xeric belt of the Old World. Its diversity of arid habitats and climatic conditions acted as an important area for the evolution and diversification of up to 20 (of 38 known) independent Eudicot C4 origins. Some of the...

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Main Authors: Alexander Rudov, Marjan Mashkour, Morteza Djamali, Hossein Akhani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
C3–C4 switching plants
C4 crops
Chenopodiaceae
conservation
Irano-Turanian region
Poaceae
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.546518/full

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