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The annual species ofAdonis (Ranunculaceae)—a polyploid complex

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The five annual species ofAdonis L., sect.Adonis, growing in Israel, form a series of diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid species. Their somatic chromosome numbers are 2n = 16 inA. annua L.,A. dentata Del. andA. palaestina Boiss., 2n = 32 inA. microcarpa DC., 2n = 48 inA. aestivalis L.; counts forA. dentata, A. palaestina andA. microcarpa are new records. There are indications that alloploidization may have been involved in the process of speciation in sect.Adonis. A taxonomic survey of the 8 species of the section reveals that a higher ploidy level is usually combined with a larger distribution area.

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Heyn, C.C., Pazy, B. The annual species ofAdonis (Ranunculaceae)—a polyploid complex. Pl Syst Evol 168, 181–193 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936098

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