J Ziffer-Berger, Y Waitz, E Behar, O Ben Joseph, L Bezalel, H Wasserstrom, P K Bajpai, S Bhattacharya, F Przesdzink, E Westberg, K Mummenhoff, O Barazani
BACKGROUND: The wild radishes, Raphanus raphanistrum and R. pugioniformis (Brassicaceae) are native to the East Mediterranean region. However, whereas R. raphanistrum is widely distributed worldwide, the endemic R. pugioniformis is limited to specific habitats. In R. raphanistrum the diaspores of the indehiscent fruits comprise glabrous, light, single-seeded segments, whereas the intact fruits of R. pugioniformis are heavy and covered with spiny backward-pointing trichomes. We aimed to investigate whether the structure of the diaspores was directly associated with long- and short-range dispersal in R...
May 11, 2020: BMC Ecology