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Coronilla Montserratii, a New Hexaploid Annual Species From the Eastern Balearic Islands

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: A new species, Coronilla montserratii, is described from the coastal and inland sand dunes of Minorca (Balearic Islands).The new species is hexaploid (2n=36), the highest ploidy level so far known in annual Coronilla species.Morphological features suggest that C. montserratii is related to the tetraploid C. repanda, from which it could be discriminated by several leaf features.The join evaluation of morphological and molecular data suggests that C. montserratii is an allopolyploid species.Ribosomal ITS sequences identified C. scorpioides as a likely progenitor, but the other progenitor species remains elusive on molecular grounds.Based on the close morphology shared between C. montserratii and C. repanda it is hypothesized that the latter could be also involved in the origin of the new hexaploid species.

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Authors: Pere Fraga i Arguimbau, Josep Antoni Rosselló Picornell

Institution: Universitat de València

Language: English

Topic: Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W75392037

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Cites: 5

Cited by: 1

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