“…In the A. saxatile group, exclusively diploids were found with 2n = 16 chromosomes (Levan, 1935;Vakhtina, 1965Vakhtina, , 1985Tscheschmedjiew, 1973;Gagnidze & Chkheidze, 1975;Magulaev, 1976;Zakirova & Vakhtina in Moore, 1977;Bedalov & Lovrić, 1978;Vakhtina & Kudrjashova, 1978, 1981Van Loon & Kieft in Löve, 1980;Miceli & Garbari, 1980;Pogosian, 1983Pogosian, , 1997Friesen, 1988;Kudrjashova, 1988;Agapova et al, 1990;Özhatay, Koçyigit & Akalın Uruşak, 2012;Draghia et al, 2013). Obligate diploidy is a helpful tool for the correct interpretation of ITS and plastid (chloroplast) DNA sequences.…”