Hybridization of common reed in North America? The answer is blowing in the wind.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

We review evidence for hybridization of Phragmites australis in North America and the implications for the persistence of native P. australis ssp. americanus populations in North America. We also highlight the need for an updated classification system, which takes P. australis intraspecific variation and hybridization into account.

Methodology

We reviewed available published, in press and in preparation literature to assess the likelihood of hybridization and interbreeding in genotypes of P. australis present in North America.

Principal results

Experimental results demonstrate that hybridization among introduced and native haplotypes is possible within the genus Phragmites, yet evidence that hybridization has occurred naturally is only starting to

SUBMITTER: Meyerson LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3444738 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature