C. colchicum - variation measured by DNA sequence

Konyves, K. and Culham, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-0133 (2014) C. colchicum - variation measured by DNA sequence. Cyclamen, 38 (1). pp. 18-21. ISSN 1757-2045

Abstract/Summary

Cyclamen colchicum has a mixed history in the hands of botanists. This paper examines the genetic identity of a group of wild Cyclamen populations from the Caucasus to discover whther they are Cyclamen colchicum, C. purpurascens or a mixture of the two. The collections supplemented by material collected at the type locality for C. colchicum, proved to be a single but variable genetic group of C. colchicum that was distinct from C. purpurascens.