This article is dedicated to Dr.Ihsan A.Al-Shehbaz(Missouri Botanic Garden)on the occasion of his 80th birthday.This work was supported by Czech Ministry of Education,Youth and Sports within the program INTER-EXCELLENCE(project No.LTAUSA17002),by the CEITEC 2020 project(grant No.LQ1601 to MAL),the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station project awards,Utah State University,Logan to JC,and the U.S.National Science Foundation(award DEB-0816560 to MDW).
Apomixis in crucifer(Brassicaceae)species is rare,reported in just four genera(Boechera,Draba,Erysimum,and Parry a),and one intergeneric hybrid(Raphanobrassica).It is well studied only in Boechera,where it is widespre...