Distance between south-European and south-west Asiatic refugial areas involved morphological differentiation: Pinus sylvestris case study
Journal: Plant Systematics and Evolution
Year: 2014

The phenotypic differentiation of relic P. sylvestris in southern Europe and southwestern Asia was verified using thirty-two populations sampled from the Iberian Peninsula, Massif Central, Balkan Peninsula, Crimea and Anatolia. Twenty-one morphological and anatomical needle traits and 18 cone morphological characteristics were examined to describe the population diversity and differentiation. The needle characters were not correlated to those of cone. The differences between regions were signifi