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11 needle characters of Pinus uncinata Ramond from the Spanish Pyrenees, P. mugo Turra from the Tatra Mountains, and P. sylvestris L. from N.E. Poland were analysed. It was shown that P. uncinata is much more closely related to P. mugo than to P. sylvestris. Nevertheless P. uncinata remains distinct from both in a number of the characters examined. The species differs from P. mugo especially in the length of the needles and in the distance between the vascular bundles. It differs from P. sylvestris in such characters as the number of resin canals, thickness of epidermis cells and the distance between the vascular bundles. Width of epidermis cells was similar in all taxa studied.
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Received May 31, 2000 Accepted February 13, 2001
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Boratyńska, K., Bobowicz, M. Pinus uncinata Ramond taxonomy based on needle characters. Plant Syst. Evol. 227, 183–194 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s006060170047
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