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Taxonomic clarification in W-Mediterranean Androcymbium (Colchicaceae): A. wyssianum sunk in the synonymy of A.gramineum and A.europaeum restored

Alberto Del HoyoJoan Pedrola-monfort

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education.field_of_studyfood.ingredientColchicaceaePopulationWilldenowiaPlant ScienceBiologybiology.organism_classificationMorfologia (Biologia)HerbariumfoodAndrocymbiumBotanyCorrect nameBotànicaType localityTaxonomy (biology)educationEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

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Abstract Hoyo A. del & Pedrola-Monfort J.: Taxonomic clarification in W Mediterranean Androcymbium (Colchicaceae): A. wyssianum sunk in the synonymy of A. gramineum and A. europaeum restored. — Willdenowia 40: 47–53. — Online ISSN 1868-6397. — © 2010 BGBM Berlin-Dahlem. doi:10.3372/wi.40.40103 (available via http://dx.doi.org/) Capsule dehiscence has been used as a diagnostic character for W Mediterranean species of Androcymbium. Depending on the state of capsule maturity, the character, however, can be ambiguous in herbarium material. Based on morphological, phenological and cpDNA characters it is shown that misinterpretation of the capsule as indehiscent in the type material of A. gramineum has led to serious taxonomic confusion. The combined analyses produced evidence that A. gramineum of the population from the type locality at Essaouira, Morocco, is conspecific with A. wyssianum. A. gramineum is therefore the correct name for the species with dehiscent capsules, whereas the populations with indehisce...

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2010-06-29
10.3372/wi.40.40103http://hdl.handle.net/10550/32128