Comparative ITS and AFLP analysis of diploid Cardamine (Brassicaceae) taxa from closely related polyploid complexes

Abstract

Evaluation of phylogenetic relationships of the diploid taxa formerly classified within the species groups of Cardamine amara, C. pratensis and C. raphanifolia, using molecular methods

Keywords

• taxonomy
• polyploidy
• evolution
• molecular markers
• AFLP fingerprinting
• internal transcribed spacers
• molecular phulogeny
• nrDNA