Phenetics of the Subgenera and Sections in the Genus Oxytropis DC. (Fabaceae) Related to the Ecology and Phylogeny
L. I. MALYSHEV
Pages: 571–576
Abstract
The paper examines the results of the cluster analysis for 25 sections in the genus Oxytropis DC. on the basis of 50 quantitative alternative characters in morphology. It has mainly confirmed the division into subgenera and sections accepted by different investigators. It reveals the affinity (not identity) between subgenera Tragacanthopsis Vass. and Triticaria Vass. (difference: 44 %), and justifies the recognition of the section Chrysantha Vass. in the subgenus Oxytropis, as well as the recognition of the sections Dolichanthos Gontsch and Mongolia F. C. Fu, the latter being related to the subgenus Ptiloxytropis Bunge. In addition, unreasonableness of disjunction of the section Mesogaea Bunge off the Janthin
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