Hidden diversity uncovered: molecular screening reveals cryptic Batrachium taxa in Pannonia, with their closest relatives not in central Europe, but as far as the western Mediterranean area.
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Zdenek Kaplan
Unique wetlands of the Pannonian Basin host an unexpected Batrachium diversity, including several morphologically cryptic cytotypes unknown elsewhere in central Europe. These lineages are closer to Mediterranean taxa than to their central European neighbours.
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