When Morphology and Biogeography Approximate Nuclear ITS but Conflict with Plastid Phylogeny: Phylogeography of the Lotus dorycnium Species Complex (Leguminosae)
Journal: Plants
Year: 2022

<i>Lotus dorycnium</i> s.l. is a complex of taxa traditionally regarded as members of <i>Dorycnium</i>. It has a wide Mediterranean range, extending in the north to Central and Eastern Europe, and in the east to the Crimea, the Caucasus, and the Western Caspian region. Molecular phylogenetic data support placement of the <i>L. dorycnium</i> complex in the genus <i>Lotus</i>. The present study investigated the phylogeny, phylogeography and morphological variability of the <i>L. dorycnium</i> comp