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Image Title: Variation in hip (fruit) morphology in rose species (Rosa spp., Rosaceae)
Image Credit: Volker Wissemann, Institut fuer Allgemeine Botanik und Pflanzenphysi
AJB Editor: Judy Jernstedt, University of California - Davis
Intended End User: Teacher, Student
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Copyright held by: Wisswmann, BSA
Date Created: 3/1/2008
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Variation in hip (fruit) morphology in rose species (Rosa spp., Rosaceae). In traditional Rosa classifications, this morphological variation is utilized for sub-division into subgenera, sections, and subsections. However, the genus Rosa has a complex evolutionary history that is not always adequately reflected in morphological characters. As a result, morphology can be an unreliable indicator of phylogenetic relationships in Rosa.

For further deat, see: AFLP markers as a tool to reconstruct complex relationships: A case study in Rosa (Rosaceae), American Journal of Botany, Volume 95, Issue 3, pages 353-367, http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/short/95/3/353.

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