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Contribution to the identification of Dianthus rupicola (Caryophyllaceae) subspecies using morphological and molecular approaches

Filippo ScafidiSilvia ScibettaAntonio GiovinoGianniantonio Domina

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Morphology0301 basic medicineCaryophyllaceaePlant Science010501 environmental sciencesSubspeciesMediterranean area01 natural sciencesEndemic03 medical and health sciencesBotanyTypificationTypificationEudicotsEndemismEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsMolecular investigation0105 earth and related environmental sciencesbiologySettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaDianthusHolotypeRupicola030108 mycology & parasitologybiology.organism_classificationEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataDianthu

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The systematic relationships between the five different subspecies actually recognized within Dianthus rupicola (subsp. aeolicus , subsp. bocchorianus , subsp. hermaensis, subsp. lopadusanus and subsp. rupicola ), were assessed by means of morphometric and molecular analysis. Our results highlighted the molecular differences between the five subspecies of D. rupicola and a morphological differentiation of four groups being D. rupicola subsp. aeolicus and D. rupicola subsp. rupicola partly overlapping. At the present state of knowledge, a subspecific status seems the most appropriate for all the recognized subspecies of D. rupicola . The names D. aeolicus , D. bisignanii var. virescens , D. hermaeensis , D. rupicola are here lectotypified respectively on specimens preserved at PAL, NAP, P, and BOLO, while D. bisignanii s.str. is lectotypified on a Tenore’s image and a epitype (at K) is designated. Concerning the name D. rupicola subsp. bocchorianus the holotype is traced.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-01-06Phytotaxa
https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.291.1.2