تاکسونومی و بیوسیستماتیک (Jun 2011)
A phenetic study of the genus Lolium from Poaceae family in Iran
Abstract
In this study, 66 quantitative and qualitative morphological characters from vegetative and reproductive parts were considered and evaluated in 33 populations from different localities in Iran. The aim of this study was to evaluate the species relationships in Iran. To evaluate the species relationships, qualitative and quantitative morphological characters were statistically analyzed by SPSS software ver. 17. Cluster analysis by WARD method and ordination based on principal component analysis and factor analysis were done. Statistical analysis indicated that qualitative characters as glume and spikelet position, caryopsis shape and quantitative features such as floret length , pedicel to upper glume length, length of upper lemma to upper glume and length of upper lemma had the most important role as diagnostic characters in inter-genus variation. Three outbreeder species: L. perenne, L. multiflorum and L. rigidum were closely related and had similar features although there were some differentiations between them but two inbreeder species: L. temulentum and L. persicum showed more differences. Based on statistical results and diagnostic characters, an identification key is provided for Lolium species in Iran.
