China harbours several biodiversity hotspots and understanding the mechanism and patterns underlying the accumulation of this diversity is of current interest to study.

Project

• Taxonomy and biogeography of Corallodiscus (M. Möller, P. Zhou & J. Li [XTBG], L.M. Gao, J. Liu & D.Z. Li [Kunming Institute of Botany])

Key Publication

Zhou P, L Jie, M Möller (2017). Secondary contact, hybridization and polyploidization add to the biodiversity in the Hengduan Mountains, exemplified by the widespread Corallodiscus lanuginosus (Gesneriaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 303(5): 587-602. DOI 10.1007/s00606-017-1392-0.

Contact: Michael Möller