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Population Structuring And Patterns Of Morphological Variation In Californian Styrax (Styracaceae), Peter Fritsch
Population Structuring And Patterns Of Morphological Variation In Californian Styrax (Styracaceae), Peter Fritsch
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Recent studies of genetic variation within and among populations and phylogenetic estimates have provided evidence bearing on the evolutionary history and taxonomy of Styrax in California (S. redivivus). In this paper, data from these studies are further analyzed and integrated with new data from morphology to gain insight into the nature and taxonomic significance of character variation within this species. Six morphological characters thought to be important in the delimitation of infraspecific taxa within S. redivivus were measured on 52 herbarium specimens and analyzed with Pearson correlations and multivariate methods. Five characters are significantly associated with latitude and …