Metabolome of Canary Island Endemic Plants

In this study, we present a novel test of macroevolutionary patterns of diversity in plant specialized chemistry and its drivers, using 54 species sampled in situ on the Canary Islands, including both endemic species and non-endemic native species of the archipelago. To this end, metabolomic analyse...

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Autores: Moreira Tomé, Xoaquín, Rasmann, Sergio
Tipo de recurso: conjunto de datos
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::413803206aa9b283eae64210ded97e28
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/431585
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Canary Islands
Crown node age
Endemic plant species
Metabolomics
Plant chemistry
Precipitation
Temperature
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Sumario:In this study, we present a novel test of macroevolutionary patterns of diversity in plant specialized chemistry and its drivers, using 54 species sampled in situ on the Canary Islands, including both endemic species and non-endemic native species of the archipelago. To this end, metabolomic analyses were conducted on leaf samples to provide a comprehensive assessment of plant specialized chemistry. First, we tested the effects of mean crown node age (i.e., the elapsed time since the most recent common ancestor of a clade or lineage colonized an island), using this predictor as a proxy for the island residence time of each species, i.e., island-associated evolutionary time. Second, as a follow-up and more specific test related to abiotic forcing, we characterized species' climatic niches based on temperature- and precipitation-related variables and assessed whether these climatic predictors correlated with phytochemical diversity on the archipelago.