Genetic patterns in the Lathyrus pannonicus complex (Fabaceae) reflect ecological differentiation rather than biogeography and traditional subspecific division

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 402-421

  Schlee, Matthias ^a   Göker, Markus ^b   Grimm, Guido W ^c   Hemleben, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecospecies; Genetic variation; Intra individual variability; Matrix correlation; Morphological variation; Multiple evidence approach; Phytosociological relev s; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EUROPE;

FABACEAE; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS PANNONICUS;

EID: 79952846201     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01125.x     Document Type: Article

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