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Confusing boundaries of the Labrador tea species: dispersal history explains the lack of clear species structure

Iunusova, D.R., Polezhaeva, M.A. and Marchuk, E.A. · Annals of Botany · 2024

Preclinical

Abstract

The Labrador teas (genus Rhododendron, subsection Ledum) form a circumboreal species complex with no clear species boundaries. Using chloroplast and nuclear markers across 65 populations, this study reconstructed the phylogeny and dispersal history of subsect. Ledum, clarifying the taxonomy and biogeography of Rhododendron tomentosum and its relatives.

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Iunusova, D.R., Polezhaeva, M.A. and Marchuk, E.A (2024) 'Confusing boundaries of the Labrador tea species: dispersal history explains the lack of clear species structure', Annals of Botany, 134(6), pp. 959-974. doi:10.1093/aob/mcae130

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