Towards a better understanding of the Chenopodium album aggregate in the Middle East: a karyological, cytometric and morphometric investigation

0495027 - BÚ 2019 RIV CN eng J - Journal Article
Habibi, Farzaneh - Vít, Petr - Rahiminejad, M. - Mandák, Bohumil
Towards a better understanding of the Chenopodium album aggregate in the Middle East: a karyological, cytometric and morphometric investigation.
Journal of Systematics and Evolution. Roč. 56, č. 3 (2018), s. 231-242. ISSN 1674-4918. E-ISSN 1759-6831
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA13-02290S
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : Chenopodium * flow cytometry * chromosome number
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
Impact factor: 4.040, year: 2018

The Chenopodium album aggregate is among the morphologically most variable groups and consists of many weakly differentiated cosmopolitan entities. We analysed nuclear genome size variation in diploid and polyploid species of the aggregate from Iran using flow cytometry. Six homogeneous relative genome size groups were distinguished among the species studied. Our morphometric study surprisingly revealed that under similar ecological conditions Chenopodium species are morphologically stable and well distinguishable, exhibited very little morphological variation. Hence, immense variation in leaf shapes, branching and inflorescence organization seen in the field has not been repeated under greenhouse conditions. The only exception was C. album s. str. which exhibited numerous morphotypes, covering the variation of remaining species.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0289901