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, cilt.39, sa.2, ss.131-135, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF BOTANY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.131-135
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.