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Table 1 Arabidopsis species diversity and taxonomy

From: Taming the wild: resolving the gene pools of non-model Arabidopsislineages

Arabidopsis arenosaspecies aggregate

  

Arabidopsis arenosa (L.) Lawalrée

  

subsp. arenosa

(2n = 32)

Central and Western Europe, Scandinavia (lower altitudes)

subsp. arenosa var. intermedia (Kovats) Hayek

(2n = 32)

Southeastern Austrian Alps (similar to A. neglecta)

subsp. borbasii (Zapałowicz) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz

(2n = 32)

Central and Western Europe (mountain ranges, higher altitudes)

Arabidopsis arenosa, unclear taxonomic treatment

(2n = 16)

Balkans

Arabidopsis carpatica, nom. prov.

(2n = 16)

Carpathians (middle altitudes, calcareous bedrocks)

Arabidopsis neglecta (Schultes) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

  

subsp. neglecta

(2n = 16)

Carpathians (alpine ranges)

subsp. robusta, nom. prov.

(2n = 32)

Carpathians (alpine ranges, only occasionally in lower altitudes)

Arabidopsis nitida, nom. prov.

(2n = 16)

Carpathians (mountain ranges, middle to subalpine altitudes)

Arabidopsis petrogena (A. Kern) V.I. Dorof.

  

?subsp. petrogena

(2n = 16)

Carpathians, Pannonian lowland (maybe two varieties)

subsp. exoleta, nom. prov.

(2n = 32)

Carpathians (lower altitudes)

Arabidopsis lyrata lineage

  

Arabidopsis lyrata subsp. lyrata (L.) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

(2n = 16)

Alaska, Canada, United States

Arabidopsis lyrata subsp. petraea (L.) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

(2n = 16/32)

Europe

= A. petraea (L.) V.I. Dorof.

  

Arabidopsis petraea subsp. umbrosa (Turcz. Ex Steud.) Elven & D.F. Murray

(2n = 16)

Arctic NE Asia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada

Arabidopsis petraea subsp. septentrionalis (N. Busch) Elven & D.F. Murray

(2n = 32)

Arctic NE Europe, European Russia to Siberia

Arabidopsis arenicola (Richardson ex Hook.) Al-Shehbaz et al.

(2n = 16)

Arctic Canada and Greenland

Arabidopsis halleri lineage

  

Arabidopsis halleri subsp. halleri (L.) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

(2n = 16)

Europe

Arabidopsis halleri subsp. dacica (Heuff.) Kolník

(2n = 16)

Carpathians, Romania

Arabidopsis halleri subsp. gemmifera (Matsum.) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

(2n = 16)

Russia Far East, NE China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan

Arabidopsis halleri subsp. ovirensis (Wulfen) A. P. Iljinsk.

(2n = 16)

Austria only (all accessions from the Balkans belong to subsp. halleri)

Arabidopsis halleri subsp. tatrica (Pawł.) Kolník

(2n = 16)

Tatra mountains, Slovakia

Arabidopsis umezawana Kadota

(2n = ?)

Japan, Hokkaido (alpine zone of Mt. Rishirizin), annual to biennial

Other diploid taxa

  

Arabidopsis pedemontana (Boiss.) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

(2n = 16)

NW Italy

Arabidopsis cebennensis (DC.) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

(2n = 16)

SE France, Massif Central

Arabidopsis croatica (Schott) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

(2n = 16)

Croatia

Allopolyploid taxa

  

Arabidopsis kamchatica (Fisch. Ex DC.) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz

(2n = 32)

Boreal Alasca, Canada, E Siberia, Russian Far East, Korea, Japan,

Taiwan

  

Arabidopsis kamchatica subsp. kawasakiana (Makino) Shimizu & Kudoh

(2n = 32)

Japan, winterannual (coastal, lowland)

Arabidopsis suecica (Fr.) Norrl.

(2n = 26)

Fennoscandinavia and the Baltic region

  1. Species diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana’s relatives. Information on taxonomy, chromosome number, ploidy level and geographic distribution is provided.