Open AccessChromosome counts in the genus Festuca section Eskia (Poaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula
Author(s) -
ORTÚÑEZ EMMA,
DE LA FUENTE VICENTA
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00320.x
Subject(s) - ploidy , biology , taxon , festuca , botany , poaceae , genus , chromosome , peninsula , polyploid , ecology , genetics , gene
Chromosome numbers of taxa of Festuca L. section Eskia Willk. in the Iberian Peninsula are given. The levels of ploidy for five taxa are confirmed. Idiograms and karyotypic formulae of the five taxa are presented for the first time. Two levels of ploidy occur in this section: diploid and tetraploid. One taxon, Festuca elegans ssp. merinoi is tetraploid and two other taxa have diploid and tetraploid populations. The remaining two taxa are solely diploid. © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2004, 146 , 331–337.