Evolution of hygrophytic plant species in the Anatolia-Caucasus region: Insights from phylogenomic analyses of Cardamine perennials.

This study highlights the importance of the refugial regions of the Black and Caspian Seas for both harbouring and generating hygrophytic species diversity in SW Asia. It also supports the significance of evolutionary links between Anatolia and the Balkan Peninsula. Reticulation and polyploidisation played a minor evolutionary role here in contrast to the European relatives.