Morphological variation in the Chamaecytisus proliferus (L.f.) Link complex (Fabaceae: Genisteae) in the Canary Islands Article

FRANCISCO‐ORTEGA, J, JACKSON, MT, SANTOS‐GUERRA, A et al. (1993). Morphological variation in the Chamaecytisus proliferus (L.f.) Link complex (Fabaceae: Genisteae) in the Canary Islands . BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 112(2), 187-202. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1993.tb00316.x

cited authors

  • FRANCISCO‐ORTEGA, J; JACKSON, MT; SANTOS‐GUERRA, A; FORD‐LLOYD, BV

abstract

  • FRANCISCO‐ORTEGA, J., JACKSON, M. T., SANTOS‐GUERRA, A. & FORD‐LLOYD, B. V., 1993. Morphological variation in the Chamaecytisus proliferus (L.f.) Link complex (Fabaceae: Genisteae) in the Canary Islands. A multivariate study (Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis, Warďs method) of 47 morphological traits from 164 populations of Chamaecytisus proliferus (L.f.) Link from the Canary Islands confirmed that this species complex is formed by seven morphological types. At least eight traits discriminated between these types. Patterns of variation follow a cline within Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma. These results also show that morphological variation is greater in the eastern islands (i.e. Gran Canaria and Tenerife) than in the western islands (La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma) and that no morphological differences are found between plants of typical tagasaste from wild and cultivated populations. Copyright © 1993, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

publication date

  • January 1, 1993

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 187

end page

  • 202

volume

  • 112

issue

  • 2