MORPHOMETRIC VARIATION IN LOMELOSIA-CRENATA (DIPSACACEAE)

Morphometric characters on 118 herbarium specimens of Lomelosia crenat a subsp. crenata (regarded as including subsp. pseudisetensis) were st atistically evaluated to detect discontinuities in the variation patte rn. Three morphotypes were detected: specimens with short stems and lo ng calyx bristles, specimens with short stems and short bristles, and specimens with long stems and short bristles. The first morphotypic gr oup is separated from the others, which are partly overlapping. These groups broadly correspond to L. crenata subsp. crenata, to Scabiosa cr enata var. glabriuscula, and to L. crenata subsp. pseudisetensis, resp ectively.