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The wild ancestors of cultivated potato: the brevicaule-complex

Authors :
R.G. van den Berg
N. Groendijk-Wilders
J.P. Kardolus
Source :
Acta botanica neerlandica 45 (1996) 2, Acta botanica neerlandica, 45(2), 151-171
Publication Year :
1996
Publisher :
Wiley, 1996.

Abstract

SUMMARY The closest relatives of the cultivated potato comprise a group of morphologically very similar species, which have been designated as the brevicaule-complex. The interrelationships among these species and their relationships to the cultivated species are unclear. The influences of the domestication process on these weedy plants may have determined their pattern of variation, making it difficult to assess the nature and delimitations of the entities to be recognized within this group. Multivariate methods were applied to analyse the taxonomic situation and the status of several of the involved species was evaluated.

Details

ISSN :
00445983
Volume :
45
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Acta Botanica Neerlandica
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....09f3572b2ff073fb10d21a126bd4ba50
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00506.x