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Genetic relationships in hibiscus sect. Furcaria

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The eighteen species studied form an allopolyploid series (x=18). The morphology, crossing behavior, and geographical distribution of 6 diploid, 9 tetraploid, 2 octoploid, and 1 decaploid species were studied. From over 26,500 crosses, 19 hybrid combinations and several derived allopolyploids and three-species hybrids were obtained. Chromosome pairing in the hybrids showed that a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 14 well-differentiated genome groups exist in sect. Furcaia, at least two of which appear to be confined to the Old World. No evidence was found that New World genomes are represented in the Old World. The primary radiation of the diploid genomes probably occurred at about the same time as that of the diploid genomes of Gossypium, whereas the tetraploids and one of the octoploid species (H. furcatus Roxb., non Willd.) seem to be of later origin (late Pleistocene or Recent). Octoploid H. diversifolius Jacq., a circumtropical species, may be a relict of a much earlier round of polyploid evolution.

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This research was initiated cooperatively by the Crops Research Division and the Agricultural Engin eering Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and the University of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, Everglades Experiment Station, Belle Glade, Florida. Completion of the study was supported by Grant No. 3949 from the Penrose Fund of the American Philosophical Society; by a grant from the Research Council, Florida State University; and in part by Atomic Energy Commission Contract No. AT-(40-1)-3348 to Menzel.

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Menzel, M.Y., Wilson, F.D. Genetic relationships in hibiscus sect. Furcaria. Brittonia 21, 91–125 (1969). https://doi.org/10.2307/2805520

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