Genetic and morphological conservatism of Calophaca wolgarica (Fabaceae), a paleoendemic species of the Southern East European Plain
Journal: Turczaninowia
Year: 2025

Calophaca wolgarica is a relict paleoendemic species of the Southern East European Plain. In this study, we assessed the degree of morphological and genetic variation in its 24 natural and 2 reintroduced populations. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) on 17 traits was used to evaluate morphological variability. To assess genetic variation, we sequenced 8 chloroplast DNA regions (atpB − rbcL, matK, trnL − trnF, trnS − trnG, rbcL, rps16, rpoC1, ycf1) and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 nuclear DNA region an