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A MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRIFOLIUM AMABILE KUNTH SPECIES COMPLEX IN SOUTH AMERICA

Hendy, Justin
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1376064759

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2013, Master of Science, Miami University, Botany.
The Trifolium amabile Kunth species complex (Fabaceae) is a group of New World clovers found in mountainous regions ranging from southern Arizona in the United Sates, through Central America, where it occurs in Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica, and south along the Andes Mountains, from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, to Argentina. Zohary and Heller (1984) circumscribe this group as a single species, T. amabile, with five varieties. Ahlquist (2012) examined material from North and Central America, and recognized nine species in that geographical range. This study focuses on the South American range of the species complex. Species boundaries were determined using morphometric analyses of herbarium specimens, including PCA and cluster analysis, using NTSYS-pc, Student's t-tests, and box and whisker plots. Six taxa, including four new species, are recognized as distinct and described. These species include: Trifolium amabile, T. andesicola sp. nov., T. australe sp. nov., T. cochabambense sp. nov., T. peruvianum, and T. tafiense sp. nov.
Michael Vincent, PhD (Advisor)
Rich Moore, PhD (Committee Member)
Hank Stevens, PhD (Committee Member)
128 p.
Biology; Botany
Trifolium amabile; amabile; Trifolium andesicola; andesicola; Trifolium australe; australe; Trifolium cochabambense; cochabambense; Trifolium tafiense; tafiense; Trifolium peruvianum; peruvianum; South American Trifolium

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  • Hendy, J. (2013). A MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRIFOLIUM AMABILE KUNTH SPECIES COMPLEX IN SOUTH AMERICA [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1376064759

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hendy, Justin. A MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRIFOLIUM AMABILE KUNTH SPECIES COMPLEX IN SOUTH AMERICA. 2013. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1376064759.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hendy, Justin. "A MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TRIFOLIUM AMABILE KUNTH SPECIES COMPLEX IN SOUTH AMERICA." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1376064759

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