Click Here To Visit The SRGC Main Site
The most recent, not yet published phylogeny, places hadriaticus and mathewii as sister species.......... Aaron
The most recent, not yet published phylogeny, places hadriaticus and mathewii as sister species. They list 2n=70 for mathewii and 2n=26 for asumaniae. They estimate that their are probably about 150 species in the genus. Aaron
Perhaps this explains why several of my recent lots of C mathewii raised from open pollinated seed have produced unremarkable pure white flowers. There are plenty of C hadriaticus in the same frame as the C mathewii. I'll have to take a closer look at them.
Only I recommend you to bring pots inside before opening of flowers and to take off anthers to avoid any possible self-pollination and effect of bees/flies and other wild pollinators. I'm using for such experiments bathroom's window and never got seeds from attempts to cross in all possible combinations CC. korolkowii, alatavicus, michelsonii, although such crosses are reported.Janis
I have seen large numbers of Crocus mathewii in the wild and although the amount of purple staining varied it was always present and there were no white ones. Equally I have seen large numbers of C. asumaniae and they have always been white with no hint of staining.
Does anyone know what criteria Pasche and Kerndorff used to distinguish C. mathewii as a new and/or distinct species? I presume it was not colour.
By new paper .......... C. mathewii is closest neighbour of hadriaticus regardless of geographical separation.Janis
This is a radically different conclusion to that reached in the phylogenetic study by Petersen et al . The latter also claim that their study supports the claim by Kerndorff & Pasche (made on morphological grounds) that the closest relative of C. mathewii is C. asumaniae. These different conclusions require explanation.