@article{article_112903, title={Numerical Taxonomic Study on Some Centaurea L. Species}, journal={European Journal of Biology}, volume={67}, pages={55–63}, year={2010}, author={Bona, Mehmet and Aras, Aliye}, abstract={<p align="left">  </p> <span style="font-size: large;"> <p align="left">  </p> <p> <span style="font-size: x-small;">In this study; numerical taxonomic study was carried out by using 23 morphological characters on 10 taxa (3 endemic) in </span> <em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">Centaurea </span> </span> </em> <span style="font-size: x-small;">. Two methods used for numerical analysis; Clustering (UPGMA) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA). According to UPGMA Analysis, </span> <em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">C. calcitrapa </span> </span> </em> <span style="font-size: x-small;">subsp. </span> <em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">calcitrapa </span> </span> </em> <span style="font-size: x-small;">with </span> <em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">C. iberica </span> </span> </em> <span style="font-size: x-small;">and </span> <em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">C. antiochia </span> </span> </em> <span style="font-size: x-small;">var. </span> <em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">antiochia </span> </span> </em> <span style="font-size: x-small;">with </span> <em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">C. urvillei </span> </span> </em> <span style="font-size: x-small;">subsp. </span> <em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">armata </span> </span> </em> <span style="font-size: x-small;">are the most related taxa. According to results of PCA analysis, minimum and maximum value of appendage broad and minimum value of appendage length are important characters for the classification of </span> <em> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">Centaurea </span> </span> </em> <span style="font-size: small;">. </span> </p> </span>}, number={1}, publisher={Istanbul University}