Acta Biologica

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ISSN: 2450-8330     eISSN: 2353-3013    OAI    DOI: 10.18276/ab.2016.23-12
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Issue archive / No. 23
Morphological variation of Platanthera chlorantha (Orchidaceae) in forest sites of NW Poland

Authors: Helena Więcław
Department of Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Institute for Research on Biodiversity, Faculty of Biology, University of Szczecin, Wąska 13, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland

Bartosz Kurnicki
Department of Botany and Nature Protection, Faculty of Biology, University of Szczecin, Felczaka 3a, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland
Keywords: morphology labellum and spur variability PCA Dobrzany and Karnieszewice Forestries
Data publikacji całości:2016
Page range:11 (139-149)
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to check a hypothesis on the morphological variability of the Platanthera chlorantha growing in forests in the north-west of Poland (Dobrzany and Karnieszewice Forestries). Statistical techniques were used to analyse 16 morphological characters determined in 174 flowering specimens. A special attention was paid to the size of the spur and labellum. The following morphological characters showed statistically significant differences: spur, labellum, ovary, bract, lateral sepal, leaves and height of the specimens. The differences are most likely a result of different habitat conditions and the location of the study sites.
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