A note on the taxonomy of agamic complexes. A reply to Tim Dickinson

Authors
Citation
J. Kirschner, A note on the taxonomy of agamic complexes. A reply to Tim Dickinson, FOLIA GEOBO, 33(3), 1998, pp. 333-334
Citations number
2
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Editorial Material
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
FOLIA GEOBOTANICA
ISSN journal
1211-9520 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
333 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
1211-9520(1998)33:3<333:ANOTTO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The paper is a reply to Dickinson (see this volume). Criteria of easy recog nizability and multiclonality for an agamospermous species are shown to be very dependent on the individual ability of a student and on the particular case of an apomict. Examples are given of extreme cases of uniclonal and m ulticlonal agamospermous species in Taraxacum. Use of a section as a catego ry comparable with a sexual species is discussed; blurred limits of section s in hybridogenous groups are pointed out. Acceptance of agamospermous spec ies is advocated as a means how to maximize the information content of the classification.