Phenetic analysis of Anemone coronaria (Ranunculaceae) and related species |
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| Authors: | NADA SINNO SAOUD KHUZAMA KNIO STEPHEN JURY |
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| Institution: | Biology Department, American University of Beirut, PO Box 11-236 Beirut, Lebanon; Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics, Plant Science Laboratories, The University of Reading, RG6 6AS, UK |
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| Abstract: | This study clarifies the taxonomic status of Anemone coronaria and segregates the species and A. coronaria infraspecific variants using morphological and morphometric analyses. Principal component analysis of the coronaria group was performed on 25 quantitative and qualitative characters, and morphometric analysis of the A. coronaria infraspecific variants was performed on 21 quantitative and qualitative characters. The results showed that the A. coronaria group clustered into four major groups: A. coronaria L., A. biflora DC, A. bucharica (Regel) Juz.ex Komarov, and a final group including A. eranthioides Regel and A. tschernjaewii Regel. The data on the A. coronaria infraspecific variants clustered into six groups: A. coronaria L. var. coronaria L., var. cyanea Ard., var. albiflora Rouy & Fouc., var. parviflora Regel, var. ventreana Ard., and var. rissoana Ard. © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 153 , 417–438. |
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| Keywords: | infraspecific variation morphometry principal component analysis |
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