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THREE TAXA CONSTITUTE THE SEXES OF A SINGLE DIOECIOUS SPECIES OF SOLANUM
Author(s) -
Anderson Gregory J.,
Levine Deborah A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1219682
Subject(s) - taxon , biology , dioecy , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , solanum , botany , zoology , ecology , genetics , pollen , gene
Summary Solanum appendiculatum H. et B. ex Dun., S. connatum Corr., and S. inscendens Rydb. constitute the single dioecious species, S. appendiculatum . These taxa are fully intercompatible and morphologically very similar. They were distinguished by differences in style length and in the degree of filament fusion; however, the first character is associated with the gender of the plants, and the latter shows variability and inheritance patterns not associated with species boundaries.