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The taxonomic status of <i>Scilla beirana</i> Samp. (<i>Hyacinthaceae</i>)
Francisco Barreto CaldasR. SilvaJosep A. Rossellósubject
Chromosome numberTaxonbiologyScapeBotanyZoologyScillaPlant Sciencebiology.organism_classificationEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsdescription
ALMEIDA DA SILVA, R.M., F.B. CALDAS & J.A. ROSSELLO (1998). The taxonomic status of Scilla beirana Samp. (Hyacinthaceae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 56(2): 253-260. Populations of Scilla beirana Samp. were sampled in NW Portugal and compared with its relatives S. ramburei Boiss, and S. peruviana L. Leaf and scape anatomy, morphology, chromosome number and idiogram were identical in S. beirana and S. ramburei, but differed from S. peruviana. Diagnostic characters previously used to discriminate S. beirana (width of leaves and flower number) showed continuous, but not clinal, variation, and failed to provide a clear-cut basis for identification and no other morphological attributes were found to separate the taxa. All available evidence suggests that S. beirana should be put into synonymy with S. ramburei, as was earlier suggested by COUTINHO (1935).
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-12-30 | Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid |