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Evolutionary History And Taxonomy Of The Cuscuta Umbellata Complex (Convolvulaceae): Evidence Of Extensive Hybridization From Discordant Nuclear And Plastid Phylogenies, Mihai Costea, Saša Stefanović
Evolutionary History And Taxonomy Of The Cuscuta Umbellata Complex (Convolvulaceae): Evidence Of Extensive Hybridization From Discordant Nuclear And Plastid Phylogenies, Mihai Costea, Saša Stefanović
Biology Faculty Publications
The Cuscuta umbellata complex is one of the 15 major clades recently circumscribed in C. subg. Grammica. Most of its members occur in North AMerican and the Caribbean (C. desmouliniana, C. lacerata, C. lacerata, C. leptantha, C. liliputana, C. odontolepsis, C. polyanthemos, C. tuberculata, C. umbellata), but three species (C. acuta, C. membranacea, C. umbellata) grow in South America, and one (C. hyalina) is found as a native species in India, Pakistan and Eastern to South Africa. Basic morphology, scanning electron microscopy and …
Stem Morphology And Anatomy In Amaranthus L. (Amaranthaceae)—Taxonomic Significance, Mihai Costea, Darleen A. Demason
Stem Morphology And Anatomy In Amaranthus L. (Amaranthaceae)—Taxonomic Significance, Mihai Costea, Darleen A. Demason
Biology Faculty Publications
The range of variation within the genus Amaranthus L. (Amaranthaceae) is described for a number of stem characters including: morphology, epidermis, primary stem vasculature and mechanism of secondary growth. The results provide new characters (phyllotaxy, complexity of leaf vascular supply and relative amount of secondary growth) that support (1) a new infrageneric classification (subgenus Amaranthus vs subgenus Albersia (Kunth)Gren. & Dodr.), and (2) the separation within the “hybridus” complex of cultivated amaranths (A. caudatus L., A. cruentus L., and A. hypochondriacus L.) from their presumed wild ancestors (A. hybridus L. subsp. quitensis (Kunth) Costea & Carretero, …