Tragopogon lainzii a New Species of Tragopogon (Asteraceae) Segregated from T. dubius: Evidence from Morphological and Molecular Data
Tragopogon dubius is one of the most widespread species of Tragopogon, extending across much of Eurasia. Traditionally, T. dubius has been considered a morphologically homogeneous species that includes all Tragopogon collections with yellow flowers and swollen
peduncles under capitula. Here we describe a new species of Tragopogon from the Iberian Peninsula,
T. lainzii
, which has heretofore been included in T. dubius. To this end, we performed comparative morphological, cytogenetic, and molecular analyses on many populations
of both species. Our results show that T. dubius is not a homogeneous species and that different lineages exist across its broad geographic distribution. Moreover, we show that hybridization has occurred in the wild between sympatric populations of T. dubius,
T. lainzii
,
and T. porrifolius.
Keywords: CYTOGENETICS; ETS; HYBRIDIZATION; ITS; MORPHOLOGY; RPL16
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 April 2011
- Systematic Botany is the scientific journal of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and publishes four issues per year.
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2011 ISI Journal Citation Reports® Rankings: 87/190 - Plant Sciences
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