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Antirrhinum is a genus of plants more commonly known as snapdragons. Species of the genus Antirrhinum (Veronicaceae) provide excellent opportunities for research on plant evolution given their extensive morphological and ecological diversity. These opportunities are enhanced by genetic and developmental data from the model organism Antirrhinum majus. The genus Antirrhinum includes 15 New World species in the section Saerorhinum and 21 Old World species in the sections Antirrhinum and Orontium. The species, which belong to the botanical genus Antirrhinum, are distributed around the Mediterranean Sea, Iberian Peninsula being considered its genetic center as it harbors most of the diversity of the genus. Most of the species are narrow range endemics and several of them are under threat. Wild species of Antirrhinum are perennial diploids. Wild species of Antirrhinum are self-incompatible and cross-pollinated. This chapter aims at providing information on species distribution, uses, conservation efforts, variability assessment, species used in hybridization exploiting heterosis, scope for commercialization, and recommendations for future.

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  1. Division of Floriculture and Landscaping, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110 012, India

    Janakiram Tolety

  2. Division of Plant Genetic Resources, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake, Bangalore, 560089, India

    Anuradha Sane

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Tolety, J., Sane, A. (2011). Antirrhinum. In: Kole, C. (eds) Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21201-7_1

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