Taxonomic valué of hairiness inCentranthus calcitrapae(L.) Dufresne fruits ( Valerianaceae )

[摘要] Two different phenotypes have been observed with regard to fruit hairiness inCentranthus calcitrapae throughout the Iberian Península, Baleario Island and France: hirsute and glabrous fruits. In this paper the inheritance of this character in two Andalusian populations has been inferredby using artificial crossings. It has been shown that fruit hairiness is based on a simple two-allele mendelian locus being hairiness dominant over the recessive glabrous fruits. Therefore,this character should not be used for separation of taxa.

[学科分类] 植物学

[关键词] Valerianaceae;Centranthus;experimental crossings;character segregation;taxonomy