Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Abstract
An electrophoretic comparison of variation at 29 isozyme loci was performed for 21 Vigna accessions belonging to V. frutescens, V. membranacea and V. friesiorum. The results do not fit accepted nomenclature and the taxonomic ranks should be reassessed. V. frutescens, V. friesiorum, and various subspecies of V. membranacea should be considered as putative species, although hybridisation data are needed in order to obtain a clear picture of the organisation of this gene pool. However, the results do not support the existence of two sections, and section Liebrechtsia is merged with section Macrodontae in a newly enlarged section Macrodontae.
Keywords
Fabaceae, Genetic distance, Isozyme polymorphism, Vigna membranacea, Vignafrutescens
Recommended Citation
Pasquet, R., & Vanderborght, T. (2000). Isozyme polymorphism in the Vigna frutescens-V. membranacea complex (Tribe Phaseoleae, Fabaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 28 (1), 29-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(99)00034-4