Ana Valdés-Florido, Claudia González-Toral, Enrique Maguilla, Eduardo Cires, Zoila Díaz-Lifante, Cristina Andrés-Camacho, Gonzalo Nieto Feliner, Juan Arroyo, Marcial Escudero
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Polyploidy is considered one of the main mechanisms of plant evolution and speciation. In the Mediterranean basin, polyploidy has contributed to making this region a biodiversity hotspot, along with its geological and climatic history and other ecological and biogeographic factors. The Mediterranean genus Centaurium Hill (Gentianaceae) comprises ca. 25 species, of which 60% are polyploids, including tetraploids and hexaploids. To date, the evolutionary history of centauries has been studied using Sanger sequencing phylogenies, which have been insufficient to fully understand the phylogenetic relationships in this lineage...
April 30, 2024: Annals of Botany