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Aspects of the population biology of sexual dandelions in the Netherlands

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Vegetation between land and sea

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The taxonomic complexity of the genus Taraxacum, with about 200 described microspecies in The Netherlands alone (Hagendijk et al. 1975 and 1982) and some 1200 microspecies in the European part of its range, is to a large extent associated with the incidence of polyploidy and different reproductive systems. In the genus we find a polyploid series with x = 8; diploid species are supposed to be very rare in Europe. Most species are polyploids, mostly triploid (2n = 3x = 24) (Doll 1982).

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  1. Vakgroep Bijzondere Plantkunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    A. A. Sterk

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  1. Delta Institute for Hydrobiological Research, Vierstraat 28, 4401 EA, Yerseke, The Netherlands

    A. H. L. Huiskes

  2. Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, Catholic University, Toernooiveld, 6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    C. W. P. M. Blom

  3. Biological Laboratory, Free University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 7161, 1007 MC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    J. Rozema

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Sterk, A.A. (1987). Aspects of the population biology of sexual dandelions in the Netherlands. In: Huiskes, A.H.L., Blom, C.W.P.M., Rozema, J. (eds) Vegetation between land and sea. Geobotany, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4065-9_22

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