Cardamine maritima group (Brassicaceae) in the amphi-Adriatic area: A hotspot of species diversity revealed by DNA sequences and morphological variation

Abstract

Study focuses on diploid speciation in a poorly explored ancestral group of the genus Cardamine that is distributed in the amphi-Adriatic territory. Morphological data and DNA sequences (plastid trnL intron and trnL-trnF spacer, ITS of nrDNA, and single-copy nuclear gene CHS) were used to address taxonomic, phylogenetic and evolutionary questions.

Keywords

• Cardamine maritima
• Brassicaceae
• amphi-Adriatic area
• species diversity
• DNA sequences