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Seeds of Coreopsis leavenworthii Torr. & Gray (Asteraceae) are being commercially produced but the lack of genetic diversity information has hindered growers and end users from addressing several critical issues affecting wild collection, commercial production, distribution, and the use of seeds. In this study, the genetic diversity and differentiationamongnatural,production, andintroducedpopulationswere analyzedatthe molecularlevelusing320 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers. A high level of diversity (68.6% average polymorphism; total genetic diversity (HT) = 0.309) and a moderate level of genetic differentiation (total genetic diversity residing among populations (GST) = 0.226; FST = 0.244; Bayesian analog of Nei's GST (GST-B) = 0.197) was detected among six naturalpopulations—twoeach fromnorthern,central,andsouthern Florida.Twodistance-basedclusteringanalyses, based on an individual's AFLP phenotypes or a population's allele frequencies, grouped natural populations into three clusters, concordant with our previous results from a common garden study of phenotypic variation. Clustering of populations was mostly according to their respective geographical origin within Florida. The correlation between geographical distances and pairwise FST values between populations was very significant (r = 0.855, P < 0.0001). Two central Florida natural populations were divergent and grouped into separate clusters, indicating that the existence of factors other than physical distance alone were contributing to genetic isolation. Three production populations maintained a level of genetic diversity comparable to that in the natural populations and were grouped with the natural populations from which the production populations were derived, suggesting that the genetic identity of the seed origin was maintained under production practices. The genetic diversity of the introduced population was comparable to that of the source populations (central Florida natural populations), but genetic shift seems to have occurred, causing the introduced population to cluster with local (northern Florida) populations where planted. The observed genetic differentiation among natural populations may indicate a need to develop appropriate zones within Florida for preservation of genetic diversity during seed collection, increase, and distribution. This high level of population differentiation also suggests a need to collect and analyze more natural populations across Florida and from Alabama for a better understanding of the species' genetic diversity and population structure across its distribution range.

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Genetic Diversity and Differentiation among Natural, Production, and Introduced Populations of the Narrowly Endemic Species Coreopsis leavenworthii (Asteraceae)