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. 2012 Aug 3;7(8):e42691. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042691

Table 1. Taxonomy, ploidal level, and geographic distribution of the various taxa of the Arabidopsis arenosa species complex (for details refer to the text).

Taxon Ploidal level Distribution range
Arabidopsis arenosa (L.) Lawalrée
subsp. arenosa 2n = 16/32 Central and Western Europe, Scandinavia (lower altitudes)
subsp. arenosa var. intermedia (Kovats) Hayek 2n = 32 Southeastern Austrian Alps
subsp. borbasii (Zapałowicz) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz 2n = 32 Central and Western Europe (mountain ranges, higher altitudes)
Arabidopsis carpatica, nom. prov. 2n = 16 Carpathians (limestone)
Arabidopsis croatica (Schott) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz 2n = 16/32 Bosnia, Croatia
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
subsp. exoleta, nom. prov. 2n = 32 Carpathians

Several taxa are awaiting taxonomic recognition (indicated with nom. prov.).