Université de Fribourg

Geographical parthenogenesis, genome size variation and pollen production in the arctic-alpine species Hieracium alpinum

Mráz, Patrik ; Chrtek, Jindřich ; Šingliarová, Barbora

In: Botanica Helvetica, 2009, vol. 119, no. 1, p. 41-51

Hieracium alpinum L. (Asteraceae) is an arctic-alpine species distributed throughout Europe with both diploid and triploid cytotypes. We determined the ploidy levels of plants from 23 populations from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Italy, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine. Data showed a non- overlapping pattern of cytotype distribution: sexually reproducing diploids...