A new circumscription of Alyssum montanum ssp. montanum and A.montanum ssp. gmelinii (Brassicaceae) in Central Europe: Molecular and morphological evidence

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 378-402

  Španiel, Stanislav ^a   Marhold, Karol ^a,b   Thiv, Mike ^c   Zozomová Lihová, Judita ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Slovakia)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFLPs; Cruciferae; Flow cytometry; Multivariate morphometrics; Plastid DNA; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DICOTYLEDON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC MARKER; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; POLYPLOIDY; RANGE SIZE; SUBSPECIES; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; SWITZERLAND;

ALYSSUM MONTANUM; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 84860526405     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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