Tetraploids inLuzula multiflora (Juncaceae) in Ireland: Karyology and meiotic behaviour |
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Authors: | Vlasta Jarolímová Jan Kirschner |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Taxonomy and Biosystematics, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences, CZ-252 43, Pr?honice 1, Czech Republic
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Abstract: | Populations ofLuzula multiflora s.l. in Ireland were examined karyologically. Plants from 14 populations were invariably tetraploid with 2n=24. Chromosomes of the tetraploid are of AL type (true tetraploidy). Meiosis of the tetraploids is of the same type as described for otherLuzula taxa in the literature. In meiosis, 12 bivalents are regularly formed. A hypothesis based on the morphological and allozyme data, that the tetraploids are of alloploid origin, is supported by the present results. Meiosis in an artificial hybrid between the presumed parental taxa,L. campestris andL. pallidula, was studied; a certain tendency towards chromosome doubling was observed. The geographical distribution of theL. multiflora cytotypes is also discussed. |
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