Multivariate morphometric and allozymic analysis of the Conospermum taxifolium (Proteaceae) species complex

Title
Multivariate morphometric and allozymic analysis of the Conospermum taxifolium (Proteaceae) species complex
Publication Date
1989-03
Author(s)
Mackay, David
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-2226
Email: kmackay5@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:kmackay5
Morrison, David A
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer Wien
Place of publication
Austria
DOI
10.1007/BF00937882
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/26373
Abstract
A morphometric analysis of 18 attributes of 110 plants of the Conospermum taxifolium complex suggests that it consists of three polythetically distinct taxa, corresponding to the traditional concepts of C. taxifolium Smith s. str.,C. ericifolium Smith and C. ellipticum Smith. Discrimination is possible on the basis of leaf but not flower attributes. Analysis of allozymic variation indicates that the taxa are also genotypically differentiated.C. ericifolium and C. ellipticum are geographically isolated from each other but not from C. taxifolium, and C. taxifolium is usually ecologically segregated from the other two taxa. Where this ecological segregation breaks down, morphological intermediates sometimes occur as the result of hybridization.
Link
Citation
Plant Systematics and Evolution, 166(1-2), p. 141-158
ISSN
1615-6110
0378-2697
Start page
141
End page
158

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