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Relationships between Arracacia species were studied according to 28 morphological discriminant characters, in 90 accessions: 83 Arracacia (Arracacia elata, A. incisa and A. xanthorrhiza), and seven accessions of Neonelsonia acuminata, which has been confused with A. elata. The geographic distribution of the Arracacia species was determined from the passport data of the 90 accessions. A. elata was clearly differentiated from N. acuminata according to morphological characteristics. The species A. incisa was more closely related to A. xanthorrhiza. Within A. xanthorrhiza two forms, monocarpic, and polycarpic, were identified. The distribution of wild Arracacia species in Peru is characterized by two main ecological zones: (1) a dry zone, like the western Yunga and western and inter-Andean valleys of the Quechua region (with seasonal rain from November to March), where the species A. incisa and A. xanthorrhiza are present, and (2) a humid zone, like the Eastern Quechua where A. elata is adapted. These informations could be useful to establish strategies for in situ and ex situ conservation and management of germplasm.
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This research was supported by grants from Coopération Universitaire au Développement (CUD) and Direction Générale de la Cooperation Internationale, Belgium.
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Blas, R., Hermann, M. & Baudoin, JP. Analysis of the geographic distribution and relationships among Peruvian wild species of Arracacia . Genet Resour Crop Evol 55, 643–655 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-007-9267-9
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