Leaf shape variation and taxonomic boundaries in two sympatric rupicolous species of Helichrysum (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), assessed by linear measurements and geometric morphometry

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 498-513

  Conesa, Miquel À ^a   Mus, Maurici ^a   Rosselló, Josep A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Marimurtra Bot Garden   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Continental islands; Endemic species; Helichrysum crassifolium; Helichrysum pendulum; Intraspecific polymorphism; Introgressive hybridization; Leaf morphology

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HYBRIDIZATION; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

ASTERACEAE; GNAPHALIEAE; HELICHRYSUM; HELICHRYSUM CRASSIFOLIUM;

EID: 84862323286     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01889.x     Document Type: Article

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