Index Catalog // Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew research repository

2023

Journal article

Morphological Continua Make Poor Species: Genus-Wide Morphometric Survey of the European Bee Orchids (Ophrys L.).

Despite (or perhaps because of) intensive multidisciplinary research, opinions on the optimal number of species recognised within the Eurasian orchid genus Ophrys range from nine to at least 400. The lower figure of nine macrospecies is based primarily on seeking small but reliable discontinuities in DNA ‘barcode’ regions, an approach...

Bateman, Richard M. ; Rudall, Paula J.

Orchidaceae, Ordination, Evolution, Ophrys, Sexual deceit, Ethology, Natural selection, Reproductive isolation, Phylogeny, Species circumscription, Morphometrics, Speciation, Demographic systematics, and Next-generation sequencing