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<p>The variability of fruit stone characteristics of medieval fossil forms and modern ones was analysed in a small <italic>Prunus spinosa </italic>(blackthorn) population in the vicinity of Castle Kolno near Stare Kolnie in Opole Province. A modern putative hybrid resulting from natural crossing with cultivated plums was discovered, corresponding to some fossil morphotypes. The analysis of the correlations of features indicated developmental relationships between them. The pattern of variability of the examined stones in the ordination space confirmed the development of the <italic>Prunus spinosa</italic>-<italic>Prunus domestica </italic>complex as an element of a dynamic syngameon. The population also showed variations in leaf morphotypes, which may be used in taxonomic analysis.</p>
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The variability of fruit stone characteristics of medieval fossil forms and modern ones was analysed in a small Prunus spinosa (blackthorn) population in the vicinity of Castle Kolno near Stare Kolnie in Opole Province. A modern putative hybrid resulting from natural crossing with cultivated plums was discovered, corresponding to some fossil morphotypes. The analysis of the correlations of features indicated developmental relationships between them. The pattern of variability of the examined stones in the ordination space confirmed the development of the Prunus spinosa-Prunus domestica complex as an element of a dynamic syngameon. The population also showed variations in leaf morphotypes, which may be used in taxonomic analysis.

A contribution to the variability of <italic>Prunus spinosa </italic>L. in the vicinity of the mediaeval Castle Kolno, S-W Poland

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A contribution to the variability of L. in the vicinity of the mediaeval Castle Kolno, S-W Poland

The variability of fruit stone characteristics of medieval fossil forms and modern ones was analysed in a small Prunus spinosa (blackthorn) population in the...

A contribution to the variability of Prunus spinosa L. in the vicinity of the mediaeval Castle Kolno, S-W Poland

Published Online: Apr 02, 2024

Page range: 13 - 18

Received: Dec 22, 2022

Accepted: Jun 30, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/biorc.2023.70.2

Keywords
correlations, fruit stone, hybrid, morphometry, ordination analysis,

© 2023 Romuald Kosina, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A contribution to the variability of Prunus spinosa L. in the vicinity of the mediaeval Castle Kolno, S-W Poland

Published Online: Apr 02, 2024

Page range: 13 - 18

Received: Dec 22, 2022

Accepted: Jun 30, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/biorc.2023.70.2

Keywordscorrelations, fruit stone, hybrid, morphometry, ordination analysis,

© 2023 Romuald Kosina, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
correlations, fruit stone, hybrid, morphometry, ordination analysis,