The molecular population structure of Swertia perennis (Gentianaceae) in Central Europe.

ABSTRACT: Phylogeographic analysis of Swertia perennis, a typical European subalpine springtime species, revealed the existence of at least five major phylogenetic lineages. A large phylogeographic separation exists among these geographical regions, which confirms the existence of glacial refugia in the Pyrenees, but also in the Eastern and Central Alps. The results obtained from the analyzes indicate the existence of three major differences between the populations of the Alps and the Pyrenees, but also between the populations of the Alps and those of other geographical regions (Carpathians, southern Czech Republic, Sudetes and northern Poland). The studied populations from the Black Forest and from north-eastern and southern Poland are a relic of the former wider distribution of these (periglacial)

SUBMITTER: Urbaniak J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10564900 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature