Abstract
Summary Cytogenetic, morphometry and RAPD analyses were performed on trees of wild and cultivated olives in Iran. For morphometric analysis 20 morphological characters based on International Olive Council descriptors, including 6 quantitative and 14 qualitative characters, were studied. Clustering and ordination plots showed the presence of 2 wild olive forms (subspecies) in Iran which were identified as Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata and Olea europaea subsp. ferruginae. Cytogenetic study of O. europaea subsp. cuspidata showed presence of 2n� 46 chromosome number and normal bivalent formation as well as chromosome segregation. Wild olives were separated from cultivated cultivars in clustering and ordination plots both in morphological and cytogenetical characteristics studied. RAPD analysis showed genetic differences of the 2 subspecies identified, revealing the occurrence of specific loci in each subsp. O. europaea subsp. cuspidata showed a relatively higher level of intra-population genetic diversity compared to that of O. europaea subsp. ferruginae. This is the first report of wild olives in Iran.
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