In this study, a statistical classifier for Mediterranean taxa of Juniperus, based on 98 seed morphometric parameters, was tested at interspecific, specific and intraspecific levels. Ripe cones of 10 taxa were collected in different regions of the Mediterranean Basin to compare and discuss their taxonomic treatments according to two different sources. High percentages of correct identification were reached for both taxonomic treatments at the specific and intraspecific level and from the comparison among taxa of the J. oxycedrus, J. communis and J. phoenicea complexes. Moreover, ripe cones of J. macrocarpa were collected from four Sardinian populations, in two seasons, and from plant and soil, in order to analyse inter-population, seasonal and source variability in seed morphology. This statistical classifier discriminated J. macrocarpa seeds collected in spring more accurately than those collected in autumn, but it failed to distinguish between the seeds collected from plants and soil, or between those collected from different populations of the same geographic region.

Inter-and intraspecific morphometric variability in Juniperus L. seeds (Cupressaceae)

PINNA, MARIA SILVIA;MATTANA, EFISIO;BACCHETTA, GIANLUIGI
2014-01-01

Abstract

In this study, a statistical classifier for Mediterranean taxa of Juniperus, based on 98 seed morphometric parameters, was tested at interspecific, specific and intraspecific levels. Ripe cones of 10 taxa were collected in different regions of the Mediterranean Basin to compare and discuss their taxonomic treatments according to two different sources. High percentages of correct identification were reached for both taxonomic treatments at the specific and intraspecific level and from the comparison among taxa of the J. oxycedrus, J. communis and J. phoenicea complexes. Moreover, ripe cones of J. macrocarpa were collected from four Sardinian populations, in two seasons, and from plant and soil, in order to analyse inter-population, seasonal and source variability in seed morphology. This statistical classifier discriminated J. macrocarpa seeds collected in spring more accurately than those collected in autumn, but it failed to distinguish between the seeds collected from plants and soil, or between those collected from different populations of the same geographic region.
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