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The research aims to understand how specialized metabolites are structured across different angiosperm lineages.

March 26, 2026The Plant JournalOpen Access

Open data phylometabolomics reveals turnover‐dominated chemical divergence and clade‐specific physicochemical regimes across angiosperms

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Integrating open chemical data maps chemical divergence in angiosperms, indicating dynamic metabolite turnover.

The research aims to understand how specialized metabolites are structured across different angiosperm lineages.
Integrated open LOTUS chemical repository with standardized taxonomy.
Mapped 77,404 occurrences across 12 representative families of angiosperms.
Analyzed chemical composition and evolutionary divergences.
Chemical composition shows strong lineage structure revealing inter-lineage divergence driven by metabolite replacement.
β-diversity is mostly explained by turnover among family pairs.
Distinct physicochemical neighborhoods are observed in Magnoliids, Monocots, and Eudicots, reflecting different evolutionary strategies.

Carollo et al. (2026) studied this question.

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