SEED MORPHOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY OF SOME <i>PARONYCHIA</i> TAXA (CARYOPHYLLACEAE) FROM TURKEY
A Kaplan, Hatice Colgecen, H. N. Buyukkartal
article (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): A Kaplan, Hatice Colgecen, H. N. Buyukkartal | Yıl: 2009 | Dergi/Kurum: BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF BOTANY | İndeks: WOS.SCI | Anahtar Kelimeler: Paronychia, Caryophyllaceae, Seed morphology, Seed histology, Turkey — Özet: Seed morphology and histology of 12 taxa (nine species, t
Seed morphology and histology of 12 taxa (nine species, two subspecies, one variety) of Paronychia Miller (Caryophyllaceae) by light and scanning electron microscopes revealed that seeds are laterally compressed, reniform, and hilums are linear. Testa surface structures are alveolate-scalariform, colliculate, reticulate-alveolate, rugose and ruminate. Differences in cuticle and papillae properties of epidermal cells have been observed. A dichotomous key has been developed for Paronychia agryloba Stapf, P. angorensis Chaudri, P. arabica (L.) DC. subsp. euphratica Chaudri, P. carica Chaudri, P. cataonica Chaudri, P. condensata Chaudri, P. davisii Chaudri, P. dudleyi Chaudri, P. galatica Chaudri, P. kurdica Boiss subsp. kurdica var. kurdica, P. kurdica Boiss subsp. montis-munzzur Chaudri and P. mughlaei Chaudd.