1) Assess the population genetic structure of P. echinata by analysing a SNPs dataset generated by a double-digest GBS protocol (Elshire et al. 2011) from 38 samples of field collected and herbarium samples using various bioinformatics software;
(2) Create and analyse a dataset of morphometric measurements from herbarium specimens from targeted loans, as well as digitized specimens;
(3) Evaluate taxon limits by conducting multivariate analyses including genetic, morphological and ecological data to determine the extent to which different geno/morpho/ecotypes exist and should be formally recognised nomenclaturally. Less...