ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="Mon, 06 Jan 1990 00:00:01 GMT"> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1250" http-equiv=Content-Type> <TITLE>Department of Taxonomy of Vascular Plants</TITLE> <base target="main1"> <STYLE> A:link{TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:active{TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:visited{TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:hover{COLOR:#cc0066;TEXT-DECORATION:none} </STYLE> </head> <body link=#527D49 vlink=#527D49 alink=#527D49 topmargin=5 background=../bcg2.gif> <p> <blockquote> <p align="center"><font color="#333366" size="2" face="Verdana"> <font color="#709B63" size="4"> <a name=alyssumII>Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomy of the <i>Alyssum montanum - A. repens</i> complex (<i>Brassicaceae</i>) (<i>Brassicaceae</i>)</a></font></strong></p> <div align=center>&nbsp;</div> <font face=verdana size=2 color="#333366"><strong>Principal investigator: <a href="http://www.ibot.sav.sk/Karol/Karol01.html">Karol Marhold</a> </strong> <P align="left"><strong> <FONT face=verdana size=2>Co-investigators: <a href=http://www.ibot.sav.sk/Stano/index.html target="blank"><strong>Stanislav `paniel</a></strong><br> <strong>Duration: 2006 - 2010</strong><br> <stong>Financial suport:</strong> Research and Development Support Agency, Bratislava, Slovak Republic (LPP-0085-06)</font></p> <p align="left"> <p> <font size=2 face=verdana> The main aim of the proposed project is to address and resolve taxonomic questions and phylogenetic relationships within <i>Alyssum montanum </i>(<i>Brassicaceae</i>), which includes several taxa and cytotypes distributed in Europe. The project should clarify also relationships among <i>A. montanum, A. repens </i>and other species within the widely conceived <i>A. montanum  A. repens </i>complex. Attention will be paid also to the origin of polyploids of this complex, their single vs. multiple origins, and possible co-occurrence of different cytotypes in mixed populations. Several taxa of this group are local endemics, often endangered due to the decrease of the number of localities and convenient habitats. Detailed knowledge of their taxonomic status, distribution, evolution, etc. is a basic prerequisite for the effective protection. The family <i>Brassicaceae </i>is important from both the economical and scientific points of view. Besides many economically important species, it includes also a model species <i>Arabidopsis thaliana </i>and other taxa, which are currently subject of intensive studies. The genus Alyssum definitely belongs to the less studied ones, in spite of the fact that it comprises numerous species and occupies a wide distribution area. </p> </blockquote> <hr> </BODY> </HTML>