Tetraploid European paeonies (Paeonia) show a homogeneous karyotype asymmetry and structure

By

Peruzzi, Lorenzo
Franzoni, Jacopo
Giacò, Antonio
Abidi, Emanuela
Alù, Emiliano
Barone, Giulio
Bianchi, Elisabetta
Cataudella, Chiara
Di Iorio, Emanuela
Guerrina, Maria
Mondello, Fabio
Paino, Luca
Pentassuglia, Mario
Porrovecchio, Manuela
Rivieccio, Giovanni
Siccardi, Eugenia
Stinca, Adriano
Tei, Alessio
Volanti, Virginia
Tiburtini, Manuel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-10-2

Original Publication

Comparative cytogenetics : international journal of plant & animal cytogenetics, karyosystematics and molecular systematics

Volume

18

Pages

51--57

Subjects

Cytogenetics , cytostematics , cytotaxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

St. Petersburg, Russia [Published] with technical support of Zoological Institute RAS [2007]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.18.135403

 

Abstract

Within a practical course of cytotaxonomy organized in Pisa (Italy) on February 2024 by the Group for Floristics, Systematics and Evolution of the Italian Botanical Society, we tested whether relevant differences in karyotype asymmetry and structure occur in four tetraploid European taxa from Paeonia sect. Paeonia (P. mascula subsp. russoi, P. officinalis subsp. huthii, P. officinalis subsp. italica, and P. peregrina). Our results point towards a homogeneous karyotype asymmetry and structure among studied tetraploid species, with no statistically significant difference among taxa and high overlap in variation highlighted by PCA.