A chemometric comparison of three taxa of Scabiosa L. s.l.

A comparative chemometric study of three taxa of the genus Scabiosa L. s. l ato (Dipsacaceae) from Greece, treated so far as separate genera by some au thors and as separate sections of a single genus by others, was carried out . The HPLC chemical fingerprint, based on several phenolic compounds (flavo noids and caffeic acid), was investigated in the three a forementioned taxa . The results support the contention that there is a dose relationship betw een S. atropurpurea subsp. maritima and S. tenuis, and that S. argentea see ms to be well separated from the other two taxa.