Climate change has a crucial impact on plant resources distribution, especially on agricultural crops. Species belonging to genus Zingiber are important crop resources in China, and their rhizomes are widely used in medicine and food. In this study, the ecological distribution and richness of the genus Zingiber were analyzed using a DIVA-GIS analysis of 967 geo referenced herbarium records to produce present and future distribution simulations using the MaxPnt model. The results showed that the genus Zingiber is widely distributed in 28 provinces in China, with the greatest richness in Guangxi, Guangdong, and Yunnan. Based on our model, precipitation of the driest month, precipitation of the warmest quarter, and the minimum temperature of the coldest month were the most significant bioclimatic variables controlling the distribution of five selected Zingiber species. Future climate change will likely result in the increase of suitable habitat area for Zingiber officinale by 2.85%, but dramatically decrease that for Zingiber striolatum by 18.04%, Zingiber zerumbet by 17.87%, Zingiber corallinum by 12.40%, and Zingiber mioga by 9.46%. Thus, conservation measures should be taken to preserve these valuable resources.
1.Guangdong Univ Technol, Sch Biomed & Pharmaceut Sci, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, Peoples R China 2.State Univ New Jersey, Ernest Mario Sch Pharm, Dept Chem Biol, Susan Lehman Cullman Lab Canc Res, 164 Frelinghuysen Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA 3.Wuyi Univ, Sch Chem Engn & Environm, Jiangmen City 529020, Peoples R China 4.Int Healthcare Innovat Inst Jiangmen, Jiangmen City 529020, Guangdong, Peoples R China
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Huang, Zebin,Xie, Lingna,Wang, Huawei,et al. Geographic distribution and impacts of climate change on the suitable habitats of Zingiber species in China[J]. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS,2019-01-01,138