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The biological analysis of six populations ofAsphodelus tenuifolius and 12 populations ofA. fistulosus has confirmed that they are separate species. Both their floral structures (length of the tepals, stamens, anthers and style) and also their pollen size are clearly different.A. tenuifolius has only the 2n = 28 chromosome race, whileA. fistulosus has 2n = 28 and 2n = 56.A. tenuifolius is genetically less variable thanA. fistulosus and they have different electrophoretic mobilities. Gene duplication phenomena exist in the 2n = 28 level of both species.
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Rejon, C.R., Blanca, G., Cueto, M. et al. Asphodelus tenuifolius andA. fistulosus (Liliaceae) are morphologically, genetically, and biologically different species. Pl Syst Evol 169, 1–12 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00935979
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