
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Egerton-Warburton, Louise M. 
A1  - Ghisalberti, Emilio L. 
A1  - Burton, Neville C. 
T1  - Intergeneric Hybridism between <emph type="2">Chamelaucium</emph> and <emph type="2">Verticordia</emph> (Myrtaceae) Based on Analysis of Essential Oils and Morphology
JF  - Australian Journal of Botany
JO  - Aust. J. Bot.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 46
IS  - 2
SP  - 201
EP  - 208
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BT96125 
N2  - &#8216;Eric John&#8217; is a novel variant and spontaneous hybrid that demonstrates the floral characteristics of two myrtaceous genera, Verticordia and Chamelaucium. A comparison was made between the essential oil profiles and morphological characters of &#8216;Eric John&#8217;, Chamelaucium ciliatum, C. floriferum, C. uncinatum, and Verticordia plumosa from the site of origin of &#8216;Eric John&#8217; to identify the parentage of the novel variant and assess the potential for intergeneric crosses. Biochemically, &#8216;Eric John&#8217; was strongly aligned with C. floriferum, while, morphologically, &#8216;Eric John&#8217; was closely associated with V. plumosa. These data distinguished &#8216;Eric John&#8217; as a possible C. floriferum V. plumosa hybrid and indicate the potential for development of novel gene combinations for horticulture. Large dissimilarities between the essential-oil profiles and morphometry of &#8216;Eric John&#8217;, C. ciliatum and C. uncinatum negated these latter species as parental stock. 
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