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The study investigates the assembly of plant diversity in the Cerrado, a biodiversity hotspot in South America, revealing that its species-richness is largely due to in situ evolution of fire adaptations rather than lineage dispersal. Time-calibrated phylogenies indicate that most Cerrado lineages diversified within the last 4 million years, coinciding with the rise of flammable C4 grasses. The findings suggest that unique historical and ecological factors have shaped the Cerrado

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laura chalup

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