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The Cyclamen graecum group, how many species?

Culham, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-0133 and Konyves, K. (2014) The Cyclamen graecum group, how many species? Cyclamen, 38 (2). pp. 70-76. ISSN 1757-2045

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Abstract/Summary

Cyclamen graecum is a well-defined evolutionary unit that separated from other Cyclamen species about 10 million years ago (Yesson & Culham 2006; Yesson, Toomey & Culham, 2009). It is genetically isolated and there are no records of it hybridizing naturally with other species. However, over that time it has begun to form separate populations that themselves might later become species. The split between C. graecum subsp. graecum and C. graecum subsp. anatolicum, at 2.9-3.4mya, is older than the average speciation age of 2.3my for the genus Cyclamen (Yesson, Toomey & Culham, 2009), so it would be entirely consistent to treat C. graecum subsp. anatolicum as a species rather than a subspecies. Hildebrand’s name Cyclamen maritimum (Hildebrand, 1908, p291) is the earliest name available at species level. Therefore we propose that the the C. graecum group now comprises two species, one with two subspecies (Table 3). This would be consistent with species concepts elsewhere in the genus Cyclamen and properly reflect the genetic and geographic isolation of this element of the group.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Central Services > Academic and Governance Services > University Museums and Special Collections
ID Code:38956
Publisher:The Cyclamen Society

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