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Abstracts, XIV OPTIMA Meeting, Palermo (Italy) , 9-15

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<strong>XIV</strong> <strong>OPTIMA</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong>, <strong>Palermo</strong> (<strong>Italy</strong>), 9-<strong>15</strong> September 2013<br />

Karyotype analysis of Polygonatum species (Asparagaceae) in Turkey<br />

YEŞIL Y., ÖZHATAY N.<br />

Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, 34116 Istanbul, Turkey. E-mail: yeteryesil@yahoo.com,<br />

nozhatay@istanbul.edu.tr<br />

The genus Polygonatum L. (Asparagaceae) comprises 57 species distributed in the temperate<br />

regions of the Northern Hemisphere, mainly from the Himalayas to Japan. It is represented by 5 species<br />

in Turkey. In this study, the karyotypes of 26 populations belonging to 5 species of Polygonatum from<br />

Turkey were analysed. Their chromosome numbers were as follows: Polygonatum glaberrimum C.<br />

Koch. and P. latifolium (Jacq.) Desf. 2n= 20; P. multiflorum L. and P. orientale Desf. 2n= 18; P. verticillatum<br />

L. 2n= 28. Karyotype analysis showed that the karyotypes of these species consist of metacentric<br />

(m), submetacentric (sm), telocentric (t) and subtelocentric (st) centromered chromosomes.<br />

Basic chromosome numbers are x=10, x=9 and x=7. Karyotypes of the Turkish species are examined<br />

for the first time that collected from wild population in Turkey.<br />

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