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40 population samples of 17 GreekFritillaria species were examined morphologically using 22 attributes carefully selected, with a high discriminating ability. Principal component analysis with a nearest neighbour directed network and cluster analysis were used to evaluate the phenetic similarities among the species. The evidence presented here suggests: (1) A close relationship betweenF. erhartii andF. obliqua and their possible origin fromF. bithynica. (2) A strong alliance betweenF. rixii, F. euboeica, F. carica, andF. drenovskii (groupF. sibthorpiana). (3) A link between theF. epirotica andF. graeca group and some affinities betweenF. pontica, F. gussichiae, andF. graeca. Finally it is proposed thatF. tuntasia be reduced to subspecific status asF. obliqua subsp.tuntasia.
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This study forms a part of a doctoral dissertation thesis submitted to the Department of Biology of the University of Thessaloniki.
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Zaharof, E. A phenetic study ofFritillaria (Liliaceae) in Greece. Pl Syst Evol 161, 23–34 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936009
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