Abstract
<p class="042abstractstekst"><em>Glebionis coronaria</em> is a valuable and medicinal herb native of Mediterranean region. Recently, <em>G. coronaria</em> var. <em>discolor</em> has been elevated to the rank of species as <em>G. discolor</em> (d’Urv.) Cano<em> </em>based on morphological characteristics, distinguishing it from <em>G. coronaria</em> var. <em>coronaria</em> (=<em>G. coronaria</em>). To investigate the genetic basis of this diversity, AFLP markers were applied to genotypes of <em>G. discolor</em> and <em>G. coronaria</em> sampled in three different Mediterranean regions (Italy, Spain, and Portugal). Our results showed that among 1347 fragments identified with five primer combinations 99.55 % were polymorphic. The genetic distance and the Shannon Index values suggested that the two species can be genetically distinguished, but further studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.</p>
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