<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> To investigate present and historical distribution of Equisetum ×moorei in Poland and its habitat requirements, field studies at sites of potential occurrence of this hybrid taxon as well as literature and herbarium search were performed. As a results of these investigations, E. ×moorei was found at five contemporary and at a few historical localities in the present territory of Poland. Since the Equisetum populations near Olkusz (S Poland) showed phenotype similar, to some extent, to triploid hybrid E. ×ascendens, we performed nuclear DNA content analysis of these populations. However, it turned out that the investigated individuals belonged to a diploid taxon that can be ascribed to E. ×moorei.</p></abstract>

To investigate present and historical distribution of Equisetum ×moorei in Poland and its habitat requirements, field studies at sites of potential occurrence of this hybrid taxon as well as literature and herbarium search were performed. As a results of these investigations, E. ×moorei was found at five contemporary and at a few historical localities in the present territory of Poland. Since the Equisetum populations near Olkusz (S Poland) showed phenotype similar, to some extent, to triploid hybrid E. ×ascendens, we performed nuclear DNA content analysis of these populations. However, it turned out that the investigated individuals belonged to a diploid taxon that can be ascribed to E. ×moorei.

Equisetum ×moorei Newman (Equisetaceae) – a ‘new’ nothotaxon in the Polish flora

Szczeglacin 42, 08-108 Korczew n/Bug, Poland

Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Cytometry, Department of Plant Genetics, Physiology and Biotechnology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Kaliskiego 7, 85-789 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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To investigate present and historical distribution of Equisetum ×moorei in Poland and its habitat requirements, field studies at sites of potential occurrence...

Equisetum ×moorei Newman (Equisetaceae) – a ‘new’ nothotaxon in the Polish flora

Published Online: Jun 03, 2016

Page range: 11 - 18

Received: Sep 06, 2015

Accepted: Mar 08, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/biorc-2016-0003

Keywords
Central Europe, distribution, Equisetum, flow cytometry, hybrid taxon

© De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Equisetum ×moorei Newman (Equisetaceae) – a ‘new’ nothotaxon in the Polish flora

Published Online: Jun 03, 2016

Page range: 11 - 18

Received: Sep 06, 2015

Accepted: Mar 08, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/biorc-2016-0003

KeywordsCentral Europe, distribution, Equisetum, flow cytometry, hybrid taxon

© De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Central Europe, distribution, Equisetum, flow cytometry, hybrid taxon