Adil GÜNER, Vehbi ESER - optima
Adil GÜNER, Vehbi ESER - optima
Adil GÜNER, Vehbi ESER - optima
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Posters<br />
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SEED MICROMORPHOLOGY OF THE GENUS OXYTROPIS DC.<br />
(FABACEAE) IN TURKEY<br />
Seher Karaman ERKUL¹, ZekiAYTADz<br />
1 Aksaray University, Sciences and Letters Faculty, Department of Biology, Aksaray, Turkey<br />
seherkaraman@yahoo.com<br />
2 Gazi University, Sciences and Letters Faculty,Department of Biology, Ankara, Turkey, zaytac@gazi.edu.tr<br />
In this study, the seed micromorphology of 13 species of Turkish Oxytropis DC. (Fabaceae)<br />
was examined using both stereoscopic and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Seed<br />
morphology of the examined specimens exhibits some variation in shape, ornamentation and<br />
size. The seed shape is orbicular or reniforme. According to surface ornamentations, 4 main<br />
types, striate-reticulate, psilate-reticulate, reticulate and striate-rugulate were defined. Seed<br />
size ranges between 1.75-4 mm in length, 1.5-2 mm in width. It is clear that external seed<br />
characters, especially ornamentation, could help in the classification of acaulescent Oxytropis<br />
species in Turkey.<br />
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Keywords: Oxytropis, Fabaceae, seed, micromorphology, SEM<br />
KARYOLOGICAL STUDIES ON TANACETUM ALBIPANNOSUM<br />
HUB.-MOR. & GRIERSON AND T. AUCHERANUM (DC.)<br />
SCHULTZ BIP. FROM TURKEY<br />
Sema HAYIRLIO�LU-AYAZ, Hüseyin �NCEER, Halil S. GÜLER, Melahat ÖZCAN<br />
Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Department of Biology, Trabzon<br />
sha@ktu.edu.tr<br />
Tanacetum L., which is one of the largest genera in the tribe Anthemideae, is a major<br />
ornamental genus, widely used as garden shrubs and also provide a valuable source of<br />
insecticidal compounds. It is distributed in temperate zone involving Asia, Europe and North<br />
America. In this study, karyotype analyses of Tanacetum albipannosum Hub.-Mor. &<br />
Grierson, which is endemic in Turkey, and T. aucheranum (DC.) Schultz Bip. were carried<br />
out. Karyological investigations were made from the root tip meristems using squash<br />
technique. The taxa have chromosome number 2n = 18. In the karyotype of T. albipannosum,<br />
fourteen chromosomes are median centromered, two chromosomes are submedian<br />
centromered and two chromosomes are subterminal centromered. Third pair of median<br />
centromered chromosomes and second pair of submedian centromered chromosomes have<br />
satellites attached to the short arms. In addition, the following types of chromosome were<br />
identified in T. aucheranum: Fourteen chromosomes are median and four chromosomes are<br />
submedian centromered. Chromosome morphology of the two taxa is new to science.<br />
Chromosomal data are compared with previously published results.<br />
Keywords: Anthemideae, Chromosome number, Karyotype analysis,<br />
Tanacetum, Turkey<br />
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