| Pak. J. Bot., 38(3): 521-526, 2006. | Back to Contents | ||||
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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF INULA L. (s.str.) AND ITS ALLIED GENERA FROM PAKISTAN AND KASHMIR RUBINA ABID AND M. QAISER Abstract: Numerical analysis of 21 species belonging to the genera Inula L. (s.str.), Pentanema Cass., Duhaldea DC., Dittrichia Greuter and Iphiona Cass., was carried out to find out the interrelationship of these taxa. Two distinct groups of taxa are formed from which one group comprises of Dittrichia and Pentanema and other group is represented by Inula, Duhaldea and Iphiona. The grouping of the taxa points out the close affinity and the genus Inula L. (s.str.) is further divided into two distinct groups which indicates the heterogenous and paraphyletic nature of the genus.Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi -75270, Pakistan. |
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