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- Title
A combined morphometric and AFLP based diversity study challenges the taxonomy of the European members of the complex Prunus L. section Prunus.
- Authors
Depypere, Leander; Chaerle, Peter; Breyne, Peter; Mijnsbrugge, Kristine Vander; Goetghebeur, Paul
- Abstract
Multivariate analysis of both endocarp and leaf morphometrics is combined with cluster analysis and Bayesian inference of AFLP markers to assess the morphologic and genetic variation of five European members of Prunus section Prunus ( P. cerasifera, P. domestica, P. insititia, P. spinosa, and P. × fruticans). Endocarp morphometrics separate most Prunus taxa studied, but overlap remains between P. domestica and P. cerasifera, and P. spinosa and P. × fruticans. Leaf morphometrics yield better separation of P. domestica and P. cerasifera, but do not allow distinction between P. spinosa and P. × fruticans. Both cluster analysis and PCoA of AFLP markers equally produce three distinct clusters. A first consists of all P. cerasifera samples and the sole P. cocomilia; a second cluster includes all individuals of P. domestica and P. insititia; and a third group comprises all P. spinosa and P. × fruticans samples.
- Subjects
SPECIES diversity; PRUNUS; BIOLOGICAL classification; ANALYSIS of variance; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Plant Systematics & Evolution, 2009, Vol 279, Issue 1-4, p219
- ISSN
0378-2697
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00606-009-0158-8