Plastome phylogenomics reveals an early Pliocene North- and Central America colonization by long-distance dispersal from South America of a highly diverse bromeliad lineage Sandra I. Vera-Paz 1,2 , Carolina Granados Mendoza 1,3 * , Daniel D. Dı ´az Contreras Dı ´az 1,2 , Matthias Jost 3 , Gerardo A. Salazar 1 , Andre ´ s J. Rossado 4 , Claudia A. Montes-Azcue ´ 1,2 , Rebeca Herna ´ ndez-Gutie ´ rrez 5 , Susana Magallo ´ n 1 , Luis A. Sa ´ nchez-Gonza ´ lez 6 , Eric J. Gouda 7 , Lidia I. Cabrera 1 , Ivo ´ n M. Ramı ´rez-Morillo 8 , Marı ´a Flores-Cruz 9 , Xochitl Granados-Aguilar 10 , Ana L. Martı ´nez-Garcı ´a 1,11 , Claudia T. Hornung-Leoni 11 , Michael H.J. Barfuss 12 and Stefan Wanke 1,3 1 Departamento de Bota ´ nica, Instituto de Biologı ´a, Universidad Nacional Auto ´ noma de Me ´ xico, Mexico City, Mexico, 2 Posgrado en Ciencias Biolo ´ gicas, Universidad Nacional Auto ´ noma de Me ´ xico, Mexico City, Mexico, 3 Institut für Botanik, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 4 Laboratorio de Sistema ´ tica de Plantas Vasculares, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Repu ´ blica, Montevideo, Uruguay, 5 Departament of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States, 6 Museo de Zoologı ´a “Alfonso L. Herrera”, Departamento de Biologı ´a Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Auto ´ noma de Me ´ xico, Mexico City, Mexico, 7 Botanical Garden, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, 8 Herbario CICY, Centro de Investigacio ´ n Cientı ´fica de Yucata ´ n, A.C. (CICY), Yucata ´ n, Mexico, 9 Departamento El Hombre y su Ambiente, Divisio ´ n de Ciencias Biolo ´ gicas y de la Salud, Universidad Auto ´ noma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico, 10 Departamento de Ecologı ´a Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecologı ´a, Universidad Nacional Auto ´ noma de Me ´ xico, Mexico City, Mexico, 11 Centro de Investigaciones Biolo ´ gicas, Herbario HGOM, Instituto de Ciencias Ba ´ sicas e Ingenierı ´a, Universidad Auto ´ noma del Estado de Hidalgo, Hidalgo, Mexico, 12 Departament of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Understanding the spatial and temporal frameworks of species diversification is fundamental in evolutionary biology. Assessing the geographic origin and dispersal history of highly diverse lineages of rapid diversi fication can be hindered by the lack of appropriately sampled, resolved, and strongly supported phylogenetic contexts. The use of currently available cost-efficient sequencing strategies allows for the generation of a substantial amount of sequence data for dense taxonomic samplings, which together with well-curated geographic information and biogeographic models allow us to formally test the mode and tempo of dispersal events occurring in quick succession. Here, we assess the spatial and temporal frameworks for the origin and dispersal history of the expanded clade K, a highly diverse Tillandsia subgenus Tillandsia (Bromeliaceae, Poales) lineage hypothesized to have undergone a rapid radiation across the Neotropics. We assembled full Frontiers in Plant Science frontiersin.org 01 OPEN ACCESS EDITED BY Nico Cellinese, University of Florida, United States REVIEWED BY Rachel Jabaily, Colorado College, United States Tom Givnish, University of Wisconsin- Madison, United States *CORRESPONDENCE Carolina Granados Mendoza carolina.granados@ib.unam.mx RECEIVED 13 April 2023 ACCEPTED 31 May 2023 PUBLISHED 23 June 2023 CITATION Vera-Paz SI, Granados Mendoza C, Dı ´az Contreras Dı ´az DD, Jost M, Salazar GA, Rossado AJ, Montes-Azcue ´ CA, Herna ´ ndez-Gutie ´ rrez R, Magallo ´ n S, Sa ´ nchez-Gonza ´ lez LA, Gouda EJ, Cabrera LI, Ramı ´rez-Morillo IM, Flores-Cruz M, Granados-Aguilar X, Martı ´nez-Garcı ´a AL, Hornung-Leoni CT, Barfuss MHJ and Wanke S (2023) Plastome phylogenomics reveals an early Pliocene North- and Central America colonization by long-distance dispersal from South America of a highly diverse bromeliad lineage. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1205511. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1205511 COPYRIGHT © 2023 Vera-Paz, Granados Mendoza, Dı ´az Contreras Dı ´az, Jost, Salazar, Rossado, Montes-Azcue ´ , Herna ´ ndez-Gutie ´ rrez, Magallo ´ n, Sa ´ nchez-Gonza ´ lez, Gouda, Cabrera, Ramı ´rez-Morillo, Flores-Cruz, Granados-Aguilar, Martı ´nez-Garcı ´a, Hornung-Leoni, Barfuss and Wanke. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. TYPE Original Research PUBLISHED 23 June 2023 DOI 10.3389/fpls.2023.1205511