caa a22 4500 477038611 CHVBK 20180405111311.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00985818 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00985818 Krauss Siegfried Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, 2522, Wollongong, NSW, Australia aut A multivariate analysis of geographic variation in morphology in Persoonia mollis ( Proteaceae ) [Elektronische Daten] [Siegfried Krauss] This study highlights the utility and limitations of multivariate procedures for the analysis and taxonomic interpretation of geographic variation within a complex species. Morphological data from herbarium specimens ofPersoonia mollis (Proteceae) were analyzed by two ordination procedures, multidimensional scaling (MDS) and canonical variate analysis (CVA). Support for the earlier recognition of nine infraspecific taxa was found. However, plots of canonical variate scores against latitute or longitude across parapatric subspecies boundaries revealed unexpected phenetic homogeneity within subspecies with sharp transitions between subspecies. The geographic variation in morphology withinP. mollis can be best described as a mosaic of nine recognisably distinct and internally homogeneous allopatric or parapatric taxa, where neighbouring taxa share surprisingly narrow zones of morphological transition at ecotones. The utility of these procedures was highlighted by the recovery of unexpected patterns of variation. However, questions of rank remain unresolved by phenetic analysis alone. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Proteaceae nationallicence Persoonia mollis nationallicence Subspecies nationallicence hybrid zones nationallicence multidimensional scaling nationallicence canonical variate analysis nationallicence morphology nationallicence Plant Systematics and Evolution Springer-Verlag 202/1-2(1996-03-01), 65-86 0378-2697 202:1-2<65 1996 202 606 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985818 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985818 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Krauss Siegfried Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, 2522, Wollongong, NSW, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant Systematics and Evolution Springer-Verlag 202/1-2(1996-03-01), 65-86 0378-2697 202:1-2<65 1996 202 606 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer