Species boundaries and frequency of hybridization in the Dryopteris Carthusiana (Dryopteridaceae) complex: A taxonomic puzzle resolved using genome size data

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1208-1219

  Ekrt, Libor ^a   Holubová, Renata ^b   Trávníček, Pavel ^b,c   Suda, Jan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Dryopteris carthusiana; Ferns; Flow cytometry; Interspecific hybridization; Mixed populations; Multivariate morphometrics; Nuclear DNA content; Polyploidy; Pteridophyta; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FERN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYPLOIDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

DRYOPTERIDACEAE; DRYOPTERIS; DRYOPTERIS CARTHUSIANA; DRYOPTERIS DILATATA; DRYOPTERIS EXPANSA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 77954676162     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900206     Document Type: Article

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