Phylogeographic pattern suggests a general northeastward dispersal in the distribution of Machilus pauhoi in South China

• Qin Zhu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China, School of Life Science, Jiaying University, Meizhou, China

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• Bo-Yong Liao,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Pei Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

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• Jun-Cheng Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

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• Xiao-Mei Deng,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

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• Xin-Sheng Hu ,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: xychen@scau.edu.cn (XSH); xinsheng@scau.edu.cn (XYC)

  Affiliations Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8049-9491

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• Xiao-Yang Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

  * E-mail: xychen@scau.edu.cn (XSH); xinsheng@scau.edu.cn (XYC)

  Affiliations Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

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