ISSN:
1615-6110
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary Morphological and ecological studies as well as investigations of essential oils reveal thatValeriana pancicii Hal. &Bald., an endemic of southern Montenegro, must be considered a subspecies ofValeriana celtica. ThusV. celtica includes 3 subspecies: subsp.celtica (subsp.pennina Vierh.) endemic in the western, subsp.norica in the eastern Alpes and subsp.pancicii in Montenegro (Abb. 2). While the two alpine subspecies are polyploids, subsp.pancicii proved to be diploid on x=12, and may be supposed to stand closest to the ancestor of theV. celtica-complex. The occurence of subsp.pancicii in Montenegro seems to indicate an East Mediterranean-montane descent of the complex. A comparison ofValeriana montana L. andV. bertiscea Panč., described from Montenegro on the basis of herbarium specimens, and a study of populations on the „locus classicus“ hardly justify taxonomic separation fromV. montana.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01373111
