A NEW SUBSPECIES OF SENECIO MOHAVENSIS (COMPOSITAE) REVEALS OLD–NEW WORLD SPECIES DISJUNCTION

• Published in: Edinburgh Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: COLEMAN, M., FORBES, D. G., ABBOTT, R. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2001
• Subjects: Asteraceae; long-distance dispersal; polyploidy; Senecio flavus; Coleman; North Atlantic; Beringia
• Online Access: https://journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb/article/view/1247; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960428601000713

Examination of morphology, ploidy and interfertility in the two subspecies of the Old World Senecio flavus (Decne.) Sch. Bip. (Compositae) and the closely related New World S. mohavensis A. Gray does not support the subspecific taxonomy of S. flavus. On the basis of our results S. flavus subsp. brev...