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Phylogenetic analysis of Allium subg. Melanocrommyum infers cryptic species and demands a new sectional classification.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Dec 2008
Gurushidze Maia, Fritsch Reinhard M, Blattner Frank R
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Allium subgenus Melanocrommyum (Alliaceae) from Eurasia comprises about 150 mostly diploid species adapted to arid conditions. The group is taxonomically complicated with different and contradictory taxonomic treatments, and was thought to include a considerable number of hybrid species, as the taxa show an admixture of assumed morphological key characters. We studied the phylogeny of the subgenus, covering all...
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