Exploring 'endangered living fossils'(ELFs) among monotypic genera of plants and animals of the world

P Vargas - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The recently proposed concept of´ endangered living fossils'(ELFs) integrates high-
endangered status and evolutionary singularity for any species. In this review, I gathered …

In defence of the entity of Macaronesia as a biogeographical region

JM Fernández‐Palacios, R Otto, J Capelo… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Since its coinage ca. 1850 AD by Philip Barker Webb, the biogeographical region of
Macaronesia, consisting of the North Atlantic volcanic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira …

Repeated asynchronous evolution of single‐species endemics of ivies (Hedera L.) in Macaronesian archipelagos

A Gallego‐Narbón, A Alonso, V Valcárcel… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Evolutionary studies of oceanic island endemics are usually focused on lineages that
have experienced in situ radiation, while those that speciated once on the island or …

The sweet tabaiba or there and back again: phylogeographical history of the Macaronesian Euphorbia balsamifera

M Rincón-Barrado, T Villaverde, MF Perez… - Annals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Biogeographical relationships between the Canary Islands
and north-west Africa are often explained by oceanic dispersal and geographical proximity …

Origins of the central Macaronesian psyllid lineages (Hemiptera; Psylloidea) with characterization of a new island radiation on endemic Convolvulus floridus …

S Bastin, JA Reyes-Betancort, F Siverio de la Rosa… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
A molecular survey of native and adventive psyllids in the central Macaronesian islands
provides the first comprehensive phylogenetic assessment of the origins of the psyllid fauna …

Phylogenetic and phylogeographic evidence for the colonization success of the diplochorous Astydamia latifolia across the Canary Islands

AJ Coello, P Vargas, A Alameda‐Martín… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Astydamia latifolia is the only species of the genus Astydamia, which forms an early‐
diverging lineage of Apiaceae, subfamily Apioideae. This species is subendemic to the …

Time‐calibrated phylogeny of Daphne (Thymelaeaceae): Pre‐mediterranean temporal origin of the sclerophyllous Daphne gnidium

C Ramos‐Capón, P Vargas… - … of Systematics and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The sclerophyllous syndrome is characterized by well‐defined traits (evergreen coriaceous
leaves, inconspicuous flowers, and fleshy fruits). It has been hypothesized that lineages …

Phylogenetics and phylogeography of Euphorbia canariensis reveal an extreme Canarian-Asian disjunction and limited inter-island colonization

AJ Coello, P Vargas, E Cano, R Riina… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Euphorbia canariensis is an iconic endemic species of the Canary Islands and one of the
most characteristic species of lowland xerophytic communities known, in Spanish, as …

Phylogenetics and phylogeography of Euphorbia canariensis reveal an extreme Canarian‐Asian disjunction but limited inter‐island colonization

AJ Coello, P Vargas, E Cano, R Riina… - Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Euphorbia canariensis is an iconic endemic species representative of the lowland
xerophytic communities of the Canary Islands. It is widely distributed in the archipelago …