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A multivariate morphometric study of theCardamine pratensis group is presented, based on 84 population samples collected from the Carpathian and Pannonian area in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, and Romania. Among the multivariate methods, principal component analysis, cluster analysis, and classificatory and canonical discriminant analysis were used. The analysis of chromosome numbers from all populations studied showed wide variation. The morphometric study showed that not all groups of populations characterised by their chromosome numbers and geographical criteria are morphologically, and thus taxonomically, distinguishable. Besides the morphologically well characterised speciesCardamine dentata andC. rivularis, the following species were recognised in the area studied:C. matthioli, C. majovskii andC. pratensis. Within the last species, besides the typical populations, two diploid “types” are provisionally recognised: type “ucranica” and type “rivularis auct.”.
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Marhold, K. Multivariate morphometric study of theCardamine pratensis group (Cruciferae) in the Carpathian and Pannonian area. Pl Syst Evol 200, 141–159 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984932
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