ANATOMY AND PALYNOLOGY OF ENDEMIC STACHYS IBERICA BIEB. SUBSP IBERICA VAR. DENSIPILOSA BHATTACHARJEE (LAMIACEAE) FROM TURKEY

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Erkara I. P., Koyuncu O., Ardıç M., Yaylaci Ö. K.

BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF BOTANY, vol.39, no.2, pp.131-135, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 39 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Journal Name: BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF BOTANY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.131-135
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Detailed anatomical characteristics and pollen structure of the Turkish taxon Stachys iberica Bleb. subsp. iberica var. densipilosa Bhattacharjee are reported. The plant has a compact root anatomy with a full xylem component in pith and demonstrated a typical four-cornered stem with three to four layers of the collenchyma cells inside the epidermis. In the leaf mesophyll, the palisade and spongy parenchyma cells are of a similar shape. The leaf is amphistomatious with amaryllis, mesomorphic and anisocytic type of stomata. Pollens were suboblata-subprolata and tricolpatae. Exine ornamentation was tectatae-reticulatae type.