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Comparative study of Salvia limbata C.A. and S. palaestina Bentham (sect. Aethiopis Bentham, Labiatae) from East Anatolia, Turkey

Ahmet Kahraman ; Middle East Technical University, Department of Biological Sciences, 06531 Ankara, Turkey
Musa Dogan ; Middle East Technical University, Department of Biological Sciences, 06531 Ankara, Turkey

Sažetak

Morphological characteristics of stems, leaves, bracts, calyces and corollas are taxonomically discriminating characters in Salvia. In this paper we present morphological, anatomical and ecological features of S. limbata C.A. Meyer and S. palaestina Bentham as well as micromorphological characteristics of their pollen grains and nutlets using scanning electron microscopy. Anatomical characters such as size of cortex and vascular tissue, number of palisade parenchyma rows and vascular bundles are found to be important species specific characters. Pollen grains in the species are different in shape and size, but they look similar in their exine sculpturing; shape, size and ornamentation of nutlets are found to be different. The two investigated Salvia species grow on clayey-loamy and loamy soils, with pH 7.6–7.9, with 0.4–2.1% of organic matter, 0.006–0.026% of total salt content, 4.2–21.0 mg kg–1 phosphorus and 87.0–445.8 mg kg–1 potassium.

Ključne riječi

Morphology; anatomy; ecology; palynology; nutlet; Salvia limbata; Salvia palaestina

Hrčak ID:

50768

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/50768

Datum izdavanja:

17.4.2010.

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