title: Karyomorphometric analysis ofFritillaria montanagroup in Greece.
abstract: FritillariaLinnaeus, 1753 (Liliaceae) is a genus of geophytes, represented in Greece by 29 taxa. Most of the Greek species are endemic to the country and/or threatened. Although their classical cytotaxonomic studies have already been presented, no karyomorphometric analysis has ever been given. In the present study, the cytological results ofFritillaria montanaHoppe ex W.D.J. Koch, 1832 group, which includesFritillaria epiroticaTurrill ex Rix, 1975 andFritillaria montanaare statistically evaluated for the first time. Further indices about interchromosomal and intrachromosomal asymmetry are given. A new population ofFritillaria epiroticais also investigated, while forFritillaria montana, a diploid individual was found in a known as triploid population. Paired t-tests and PCoA analysis have been applied to compare the two species.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Systematic Botany, Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 118 55 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Samaropoulou
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Systematic Botany, Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 118 55 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Pepy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bareka
authors.affiliation: Botanical Institute, Section of Plant Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 265 00 Patras, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kamari
keywords: Fritillaria epirotica; Fritillaria montana; Greek flora; PCoA; endemics; karyograms; karyotype analysis