phenetic studies in avena species and populations of iran

a multivariate statistical analysis was performed on morphological characters of sixty-one populations of avena eriantha dur. a. clauda dur., a. barbata pott ex link., a. wiestii steud., a. fatua l., a. sterilis ssp. ludoviciana l. and a. sativa l. factor analysis revealed that intraspecific morphological variations are due to quantitative characters. interspecific as well as intersectional relationships were investigated using cluster, discriminant analysis and ordination method based on principal components supporting the baum’s classification.