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Phylogenetic relationships among tetraploid species of Bellevalia (Asparagaceae) endemic to south-central Mediterranean

Giovanni AstutiGianniantonio DominaSalvatore BrulloT. GiordaniLorenzo PeruzziR. El Mokni

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0106 biological sciencesMediterranean climateTunisiaEvolutionPlant ScienceBellevalia010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesAsparagaceaeBehavior and SystematicsPhylogeneticstrnL-trnF intergenic spacerBotanyEndemismSicilyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsEcologyPhylogenetic treebiologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaAllopolyploidy; ITS; Sicily; trnL-trnF intergenic spacer; Tunisia; Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics; Plant ScienceAllopolyploidybiology.organism_classificationEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicTaxonTaxonomy (biology)ITS010606 plant biology & botany

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AbstractIn the south-central Mediterranean four tetraploid species of Bellevalia occur: B. dolichophylla, B. galitensis, B. mauritanica, and B. pelagica. Another group of plants, morphologically similar to B. dolichophylla, has been recently recovered in Zembra Island (Tunisia). A phylogenetic reconstruction involving all these tetraploid taxa was performed using both plastidial and nuclear markers (trnL-trnF and ITS, respectively). For all these taxa, an allopolyploid origin involving B. romana and B. dubia is supported. Regarding plants from Zembra, they may fall within the variability of B. dolichophylla.

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2017-06-06
10.1080/11263504.2017.1320308http://hdl.handle.net/10447/249870