Reticulate Evolution in the Western Mediterranean Mountain Ranges: The Case of the Leucanthemopsis Polyploid Complex.

ABSTRACT: Polyploidization is one of the most common speciation mechanisms in plants. This is particularly relevant in high mountain environments and/or in areas heavily affected by climatic oscillations. Although the role of polyploidy and the temporal and geographical frameworks of polyploidization have been intensively investigated in the alpine regions of the temperate and arctic biomes, fewer studies are available with a specific focus on the Mediterranean region. Leucanthemopsis (Asteraceae) consists of six to ten species with several infraspecific entities, mainly distributed in the western Mediterranean Basin. It is a polyploid complex including montane, subalpine, and strictly alpine lineages, which are locally distributed in different mountain ranges of Western Europe and North Afri

SUBMITTER: Tomasello S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9247603 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature