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Turkish Journal of Botany

Turkish Journal of Botany

As an initial part of a revisional study based on the genus Salvia L. (Lamiaceae), extensive fi e... more As an initial part of a revisional study based on the genus Salvia L. (Lamiaceae), extensive fi eld studies, herbarium and literature surveys have been conducted on the basis of the S. brachyantha (Bordz.) Pobed and S. modesta Boiss. in order to understand their taxonomic status. As a result of the present study, S. brachyantha and S. modesta are accepted as distinct species. Moreover, S. brachyantha subsp. tankutiana Bagherpour, Celep, Kahraman & Doğan subsp. nova is fi rst described from central Anatolia, Turkey. Th e diagnostic morphological and micromorphological characters of S. brachyantha subsp. brachyantha, S. brachyantha subsp. tankutiana and S. modesta are discussed. Distribution, conservation status and photograph of the taxa are also given.

The genus Salvia is represented in Turkey by 95 species, of which 48 are endemic. Salvia ceratoph... more The genus Salvia is represented in Turkey by 95 species, of which 48 are endemic. Salvia ceratophylla L. was collected from Kayseri, Elazığ and Adıyaman in Turkey. The volatile components obtained from three samples by using microdistillation were analyzed by GC and GC/MS systems simultaneously. 30, 35 and 27 components of S. ceratophylla from Kayseri, Elazığ and Adıyaman were indentified representing 94.5%, 95.5% and 92.0% of the samples, respectively. The major components of the Kayseri sample were α-pinene (27.0%), β-pinene (16.3%) and β-caryophyllene (10.6%). The major components of the Elazığ sample were α-pinene (24.6%) and β-pinene (10.3%). The major components of the Adıyaman sample were α-pinene (23.7%), 1,8-cineole (8.9%) and borneol (7.0%). Pinenes were observed as main constituents in all samples.

Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 2016

In Lamium, variation in anatomical characters have systematic importance particularly at sectiona... more In Lamium, variation in anatomical characters have systematic importance particularly at sectional and species level.  In Lamium, variation in trichome characters have systematic importance at species level.  Anatomy and trichome characteristics support the inclusion of L. galeobdolon (= Galeobdolon), L. orientale and L. multifidum (= Wiedemania) in the genus.

Flora, 2016

Abstract This is the first comprehensive palynological investigation of the genus Lamium . The po... more Abstract This is the first comprehensive palynological investigation of the genus Lamium . The pollen morphology of 48 taxa (including species, subspecies and varieties) of the genus Lamium was investigated and documented using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Lamium pollen is small to medium sized ( P = 21.65–39.96 μm), oblate-spheroidal to subprolate in shape and tricolpate. Three major exine sculpturing patterns (reticulate, granulate and microreticulate) were observed. The results indicated that the exine sculpturing pattern of Lamium is systematically informative at sectional level, but not at the species and infraspecific levels. In the present study, the palynological data are compared with available phylogenetic studies to evaluate the systematic value of pollen characters in the genus. Analysis show that; (1) Mennema's infrageneric classification is partly corroborated by our palynological data, (2) recent phylogenetic analysis on the genus and our results are partly corroborated, and (3) pollen morphology supports the inclusion of L. galeobdolon (= Galeobdolon ), L. orientale and L. multifidum (= Wiedemannia ) in Lamium . (4) Variation in exine sculpturing pattern have systematic importance particularly at sectional level.

Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, 2011

Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 2011

The present study aims to evaluate the anatomy of leaf and stem as well as pollen morphology in t... more The present study aims to evaluate the anatomy of leaf and stem as well as pollen morphology in two taxa, namely L. racemosus (Lam.) Tzvelev subsp. sabulosus (Bieb.) Tzvelev and L. cappadocicus (Boiss. & Bal.) Melderis. Also, it is targeted to contribute to the morphology of these two taxa. The results have revealed varying anatomical characters in the types of stomata, wall appearance of the long cells, indumentum densities, dispositions of sclerenchyma around the vascular bundles, girders and strand shapes of the sclerenchymatic cells in the leaves, epidermal cell arrangements and epidermal cell sizes in the attachment points with sclerenchyma in the stems. Moreover, alternation in the pollen morphology concerning pollen size, operculum, undulation and the number of scabrae has also been demonstrated.Keywords: Leymus; Anatomy; Leaf; Pollen; Taxonomy.DOI: 10.3329/bjpt.v18i1.7836Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 18(1): 27-38, 2011 (June)

Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 2009

Pollen morphology of Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertner. s.s. (subsp. incanum (Náb?lek) Melderis a... more Pollen morphology of Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertner. s.s. (subsp. incanum (Náb?lek) Melderis and subsp. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev, latter including var. pectinatum and var. imbricatum (Roemer…

In the last two decades, the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) ... more In the last two decades, the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) increased rapidly due to the great interest of many institutions in Turkey. Parallel to this increase, hardware, software and trained people structures started to develop. This progress enabled the preparation of some countrywide digital databases to be used in spatial analysis and modeling processes. Flora and vegetation studies took the benefit of these improvements, and some applications showed the emerging utility of these tools. In this presentation, we summarized two latest innovations of us that can be used for plant biodiversity and community composition mapping. In the former, we explained how plant biodiversity of Nallihan forest ecosystem was modeled and mapped in GIS by utilizing diversity (Shannon Wiener, Simpson, Number of Species) indices, environmental (soil, topography, geology and climate) variables, and remotely sensed data (LANDSAT-ETM+). In the latter, we summarized the ways of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) usage to develop plant community composition maps of Tersakan Valley in Amasya by using both GIS and RS.

Caryologia, 2015

In this study, the karyotypes of mitotic chromosomes were determined of seven taxa of Salvia (Lam... more In this study, the karyotypes of mitotic chromosomes were determined of seven taxa of Salvia (Lamiaceae) collected from their natural habitats in Turkey: S. viridis (2n = 16), S. candidissima subsp. occidentalis (2n = 20), S. sclarea, S. ceratophylla, S. chionantha (2n = 22), S. viscosa and S. verticillata subsp. amasiaca (2n = 32). The karyotype formulae were 5m+3sm in S. viridis, 2M+5m+3sm in S. candidissima subsp. occidentalis, 1M+10m in S. sclarea, 8m+3sm in S. ceratophylla, 7m+4sm in S. chionantha, 9m+5sm+2st in S. viscosa, and 15m+1sm in S. verticillata subsp. amasiaca by the karyotype image analysis system. Somatic chromosome numbers ranged from 2n = 16 to 2n = 32. The ideograms were drawn based on centromeric index and arranged in decreasing size order. The present results were compared with the previous cytological studies in the genus.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 2013

Palynological characteristics of 30 Salvia taxa in sections Hymenosphace and Aethiopis from Turke... more Palynological characteristics of 30 Salvia taxa in sections Hymenosphace and Aethiopis from Turkey were investigated by light and scanning electron microscopy. S. aethiopis (sect. Aethiopis) has the smallest pollen while S. blepharochlaena (sect. Hymenosphace) has the largest pollen. The basic shape of the pollen grains in most taxa is suboblate, oblate-spheroidal, or prolate-spheroidal to spheroidal; however, subprolate pollen grains are occasionally are found in S. cassia of sect. Aethiopis. Hexacolpate pollen is dominant in all studied taxa, but heptacolpate and octacolpate pollen grains are mixed together in S. palaestina (heptacolpate, 20%) and S. candidissima subsp. candidissima (heptacolpate, 2% and octacolpate, 40%). The exine sculpturing is bireticulate (the common type) or reticulate-perforate. The bireticulate and the reticulate-perforate sculpturing patterns can be divided into subtypes according to the number of primary lumina. Taxonomic implications of the pollen data are also discussed.

American journal of botany, 2014

South African Journal of Botany, 2010

The anatomy, palynology, morphology and distribution of the trichomes on the aerial parts of Salv... more The anatomy, palynology, morphology and distribution of the trichomes on the aerial parts of Salvia chrysophylla Stapf, an endemic species in Turkey, were studied in order to understand the usefulness of these characteristics for systematic purposes. Some anatomical characters such as (1-)2-24-rowed pith rays in roots, dorsiventral leaves, obviously larger upper epidermal cells, and two to three large vascular bundles in the center and two to four small subsidiary bundles in the wings of petiole provide information of taxonomical significance. Three main types of trichomes were observed on the stem, inflorescence axis, leaf and calyx surfaces of S. chrysophylla. They are peltate, capitate glandular and nonglandular. Capitate glandular and non-glandular trichomes were further subdivided into several kinds. Glandular trichomes are present in abundance on the inflorescence axis and calyx, but non-glandular ones were mainly situated on the leaf and stem. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) studies on the pollen grains have revealed that they are oblate-spheroidal and their exine ornamentation is bireticulate-perforate.

Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2011

... (Lamiaceae) in Turkey Ahmet Kahraman • Ferhat Celep • Musa Dog˘an • Greg R. Guerin • Safi Bag... more ... (Lamiaceae) in Turkey Ahmet Kahraman • Ferhat Celep • Musa Dog˘an • Greg R. Guerin • Safi Bagherpour ... Salvia aytachiia Ankara: Polatlı to Sivrihisar vi 2005 SBagherpour 115 Ir.-Tur. S. blepharochlaenaa Kayseri: Sarız to Pınarbası vii 2006 AKahraman 1355 Ir.-Tur. ...

Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2010

Chromosome numbers are given for six taxa of Eremopyrum (Ledeb.) Jaub. & Spach (Poaceae) of Iran:... more Chromosome numbers are given for six taxa of Eremopyrum (Ledeb.) Jaub. & Spach (Poaceae) of Iran: E. bonaepartis var. bonaepartis (Spreng.) Nevski (2n=14 & 28), E. bonaepartis var. sublanuginosum (Drobow) Melderis (2n=28), E. confusum Melderis var. confusum Melderis (2n=28), E. confusum Melderis var. glabrum Melderis (2n=14), E. distans (C. Koch) Nevski (2n=14) and E. orientale (L.) Jaub. & Spach (2n=28). Chromosome numbers of six studied taxa were recorded for the first time from Iran.

Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2014

Salvia quezelii is a very little known local endemic species from Turkey. Since 2005, our revisio... more Salvia quezelii is a very little known local endemic species from Turkey. Since 2005, our revisional studies on the genus in Turkey have been shown that previously known two localities of the species including type locality are wrong, and the species has not been collected since 1970. In this study, the type locality of the species is amended and morphological description of the species is amplified and expanded based on large number of specimens. The anatomy, palynology, myxocarpy, mericarp micromorphology and distribution of the trichomes on the aerial parts of S. quezelii are studied for the first time to understand the usefulness of these characteristics for systematic purposes. Morphological characteristics of leaves, calyces, corollas and types of stamens are useful for sectional and specific delimitation in Salvia. Anatomical characters such as number of ray rows in roots, distance between vascular bundles in stems, mesophyll structures in leaves, shape of mid-rib and presence/absence of sclerenchymatic tissue in petioles provide information of taxonomical significance. Scanning electron microscopy studies on the pollen grains have revealed that they are oblate-spheroidal to prolate-spheroidal and their exine ornamentation is reticulate-perforate. Mericarps are broadly ovate to rotund, and surface sculpturing pattern is verrucate or slightly reticulate. Three main types of trichomes were observed on the stem, inflorescence axis, leaf and calyx surfaces of S. quezelii with very high diversity. They are peltate, capitate glandular and non-glandular. Capitate glandular and non-glandular trichomes were further subdivided into several kinds. Glandular trichomes are present in abundance on all vegetative parts, particularly in inflorescence axis.

Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2014

ABSTRACT The pollen morphology of the ten taxa belonging to Cassubicae Radzhi, Cracca Dumort., Er... more ABSTRACT The pollen morphology of the ten taxa belonging to Cassubicae Radzhi, Cracca Dumort., Ervilia (Link) Koch, Lentopsis Kupicha, Trigonellopsis Rech. f. and Variegatae Radzhi sections of the genus Vicia L. subgenus Vicilla (Schur) Rouy (Fabeae, Fabaceae) in Turkey has been examined by use of light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Twelve morphometric characters are analysed with one-way analysis of variance and Tukey's honestly significant difference test for multiple comparisons. Polar axis and equatorial diameter of pollen grains range from 24.64 to 44.19 and from 15.90 to 30.42 mu m, respectively. The pollen grains are prolate-spheroidal to perprolate (P/E = 1.09-2.07), but the prolate shape occurs in the majority of the taxa. The regular pollen grains of all taxa are trizonocolporate, isopolar, and released in monads. Ornamentation of the mesocolpium is psilate-perforate in V. tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica and V. tenuifolia subsp. tenuifolia (sect. Cracca), reticulate-rugulate in V. villosa subsp. villosa (sect. Cracca), and reticulate-perforate in the remaining taxa. The apocolpium and colpus area are reticulate-perforate in V. hirsuta (sect. Cracca), V. ervilia (sect. Ervilia) and V. lunata subsp. grandiflora (sect. Trigonellopsis), and psilate, psilate-slightly perforate or perforate in the other taxa. The results obtained from analyses of pollen grains from the studied taxa of the subgenus Vicilla reveal significant differences in general morphology and some morphometric attributes, and ornamentation types. However, it is concluded that pollen morphology has proved to be uninformative for differentiating the subgenera Vicilla and Vicia.

Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, 2009

Nordic Journal of Botany, 1989

Th e genus Hordeum L., one of the most economically important cereal crops in the tribe Triticeae... more Th e genus Hordeum L., one of the most economically important cereal crops in the tribe Triticeae, has a worldwide distribution mainly in temperate and dry regions of the world. In Turkey, Hordeum is represented by 12 taxa, namely Hordeum violaceum Boiss. & Hohen., H. geniculatum All., H. marinum var. marinum, H. marinum Hudson var. pubescent (Guss.) Nevski, H. murinum L. subsp. murinum, H. murinum subsp. glaucum (Steudel) Tzvelev, H. murinum subsp. leporinum (Link) Arc. var. leporinum, H. murinum subsp. leporinum var. simulans Bowden, H. bulbosum L., H. spontaneum K.Koch, H. distichon L., and H. vulgare L. Th e main objective of this study is to assess the signifi cance of anatomical characteristics of the leaves. For this purpose, dehydrated specimens were embedded into paraffi n and transverse sections were gathered. Furthermore, the leaf surfaces were examined. Results of the study show that anatomical characteristics of the leaf blades vary between the taxa in both qualitative and quantitative values. Sclerenchymatic cells, silica bodies, and stomata, furrow and rib properties, the existence of midrib and bulliform cells, and indumentum properties such as arrangement, density, and length of macro hairs are all included in these diagnostic characteristics. Based on these anatomical characteristics, an identifi cation key for the taxa is given for the fi rst time.

Journal of Medicinal Food, 2011

In European folk medicine, Salvia species have traditionally been used to enhance memory. In our ... more In European folk medicine, Salvia species have traditionally been used to enhance memory. In our previous study of 55 Salvia taxa, we explored significant anticholinesterase activity of cultivated S. fruticosa. In this study, we compared the inhibitory activity of dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, and ethanol extracts of 3 wild-grown samples and 1 cultivated sample of S. fruticosa against acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase enzymes (which are associated with pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease) by using the spectrophotometric Ellman method. Antioxidant activities were assessed by determining 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical-scavenging activity, iron-chelating capacity, and ferric-reducing antioxidant power. The dichloromethane extract of the cultivated sample was then subjected to fractionation by using open column chromatography and medium-pressure liquid chromatography to obtain the most active fraction by activity-guided fractionation. All fractions and subfractions were tested in the same manner, and inactive subfractions were discarded. The essential oil of the cultivated sample was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Turkish Journal of Botany

Turkish Journal of Botany

As an initial part of a revisional study based on the genus Salvia L. (Lamiaceae), extensive fi e... more As an initial part of a revisional study based on the genus Salvia L. (Lamiaceae), extensive fi eld studies, herbarium and literature surveys have been conducted on the basis of the S. brachyantha (Bordz.) Pobed and S. modesta Boiss. in order to understand their taxonomic status. As a result of the present study, S. brachyantha and S. modesta are accepted as distinct species. Moreover, S. brachyantha subsp. tankutiana Bagherpour, Celep, Kahraman & Doğan subsp. nova is fi rst described from central Anatolia, Turkey. Th e diagnostic morphological and micromorphological characters of S. brachyantha subsp. brachyantha, S. brachyantha subsp. tankutiana and S. modesta are discussed. Distribution, conservation status and photograph of the taxa are also given.

The genus Salvia is represented in Turkey by 95 species, of which 48 are endemic. Salvia ceratoph... more The genus Salvia is represented in Turkey by 95 species, of which 48 are endemic. Salvia ceratophylla L. was collected from Kayseri, Elazığ and Adıyaman in Turkey. The volatile components obtained from three samples by using microdistillation were analyzed by GC and GC/MS systems simultaneously. 30, 35 and 27 components of S. ceratophylla from Kayseri, Elazığ and Adıyaman were indentified representing 94.5%, 95.5% and 92.0% of the samples, respectively. The major components of the Kayseri sample were α-pinene (27.0%), β-pinene (16.3%) and β-caryophyllene (10.6%). The major components of the Elazığ sample were α-pinene (24.6%) and β-pinene (10.3%). The major components of the Adıyaman sample were α-pinene (23.7%), 1,8-cineole (8.9%) and borneol (7.0%). Pinenes were observed as main constituents in all samples.

Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 2016

In Lamium, variation in anatomical characters have systematic importance particularly at sectiona... more In Lamium, variation in anatomical characters have systematic importance particularly at sectional and species level.  In Lamium, variation in trichome characters have systematic importance at species level.  Anatomy and trichome characteristics support the inclusion of L. galeobdolon (= Galeobdolon), L. orientale and L. multifidum (= Wiedemania) in the genus.

Flora, 2016

Abstract This is the first comprehensive palynological investigation of the genus Lamium . The po... more Abstract This is the first comprehensive palynological investigation of the genus Lamium . The pollen morphology of 48 taxa (including species, subspecies and varieties) of the genus Lamium was investigated and documented using light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Lamium pollen is small to medium sized ( P = 21.65–39.96 μm), oblate-spheroidal to subprolate in shape and tricolpate. Three major exine sculpturing patterns (reticulate, granulate and microreticulate) were observed. The results indicated that the exine sculpturing pattern of Lamium is systematically informative at sectional level, but not at the species and infraspecific levels. In the present study, the palynological data are compared with available phylogenetic studies to evaluate the systematic value of pollen characters in the genus. Analysis show that; (1) Mennema's infrageneric classification is partly corroborated by our palynological data, (2) recent phylogenetic analysis on the genus and our results are partly corroborated, and (3) pollen morphology supports the inclusion of L. galeobdolon (= Galeobdolon ), L. orientale and L. multifidum (= Wiedemannia ) in Lamium . (4) Variation in exine sculpturing pattern have systematic importance particularly at sectional level.

Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, 2011

Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 2011

The present study aims to evaluate the anatomy of leaf and stem as well as pollen morphology in t... more The present study aims to evaluate the anatomy of leaf and stem as well as pollen morphology in two taxa, namely L. racemosus (Lam.) Tzvelev subsp. sabulosus (Bieb.) Tzvelev and L. cappadocicus (Boiss. & Bal.) Melderis. Also, it is targeted to contribute to the morphology of these two taxa. The results have revealed varying anatomical characters in the types of stomata, wall appearance of the long cells, indumentum densities, dispositions of sclerenchyma around the vascular bundles, girders and strand shapes of the sclerenchymatic cells in the leaves, epidermal cell arrangements and epidermal cell sizes in the attachment points with sclerenchyma in the stems. Moreover, alternation in the pollen morphology concerning pollen size, operculum, undulation and the number of scabrae has also been demonstrated.Keywords: Leymus; Anatomy; Leaf; Pollen; Taxonomy.DOI: 10.3329/bjpt.v18i1.7836Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 18(1): 27-38, 2011 (June)

Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 2009

Pollen morphology of Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertner. s.s. (subsp. incanum (Náb?lek) Melderis a... more Pollen morphology of Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertner. s.s. (subsp. incanum (Náb?lek) Melderis and subsp. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev, latter including var. pectinatum and var. imbricatum (Roemer…

In the last two decades, the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) ... more In the last two decades, the use of geographic information systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) increased rapidly due to the great interest of many institutions in Turkey. Parallel to this increase, hardware, software and trained people structures started to develop. This progress enabled the preparation of some countrywide digital databases to be used in spatial analysis and modeling processes. Flora and vegetation studies took the benefit of these improvements, and some applications showed the emerging utility of these tools. In this presentation, we summarized two latest innovations of us that can be used for plant biodiversity and community composition mapping. In the former, we explained how plant biodiversity of Nallihan forest ecosystem was modeled and mapped in GIS by utilizing diversity (Shannon Wiener, Simpson, Number of Species) indices, environmental (soil, topography, geology and climate) variables, and remotely sensed data (LANDSAT-ETM+). In the latter, we summarized the ways of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) usage to develop plant community composition maps of Tersakan Valley in Amasya by using both GIS and RS.

Caryologia, 2015

In this study, the karyotypes of mitotic chromosomes were determined of seven taxa of Salvia (Lam... more In this study, the karyotypes of mitotic chromosomes were determined of seven taxa of Salvia (Lamiaceae) collected from their natural habitats in Turkey: S. viridis (2n = 16), S. candidissima subsp. occidentalis (2n = 20), S. sclarea, S. ceratophylla, S. chionantha (2n = 22), S. viscosa and S. verticillata subsp. amasiaca (2n = 32). The karyotype formulae were 5m+3sm in S. viridis, 2M+5m+3sm in S. candidissima subsp. occidentalis, 1M+10m in S. sclarea, 8m+3sm in S. ceratophylla, 7m+4sm in S. chionantha, 9m+5sm+2st in S. viscosa, and 15m+1sm in S. verticillata subsp. amasiaca by the karyotype image analysis system. Somatic chromosome numbers ranged from 2n = 16 to 2n = 32. The ideograms were drawn based on centromeric index and arranged in decreasing size order. The present results were compared with the previous cytological studies in the genus.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 2013

Palynological characteristics of 30 Salvia taxa in sections Hymenosphace and Aethiopis from Turke... more Palynological characteristics of 30 Salvia taxa in sections Hymenosphace and Aethiopis from Turkey were investigated by light and scanning electron microscopy. S. aethiopis (sect. Aethiopis) has the smallest pollen while S. blepharochlaena (sect. Hymenosphace) has the largest pollen. The basic shape of the pollen grains in most taxa is suboblate, oblate-spheroidal, or prolate-spheroidal to spheroidal; however, subprolate pollen grains are occasionally are found in S. cassia of sect. Aethiopis. Hexacolpate pollen is dominant in all studied taxa, but heptacolpate and octacolpate pollen grains are mixed together in S. palaestina (heptacolpate, 20%) and S. candidissima subsp. candidissima (heptacolpate, 2% and octacolpate, 40%). The exine sculpturing is bireticulate (the common type) or reticulate-perforate. The bireticulate and the reticulate-perforate sculpturing patterns can be divided into subtypes according to the number of primary lumina. Taxonomic implications of the pollen data are also discussed.

American journal of botany, 2014

South African Journal of Botany, 2010

The anatomy, palynology, morphology and distribution of the trichomes on the aerial parts of Salv... more The anatomy, palynology, morphology and distribution of the trichomes on the aerial parts of Salvia chrysophylla Stapf, an endemic species in Turkey, were studied in order to understand the usefulness of these characteristics for systematic purposes. Some anatomical characters such as (1-)2-24-rowed pith rays in roots, dorsiventral leaves, obviously larger upper epidermal cells, and two to three large vascular bundles in the center and two to four small subsidiary bundles in the wings of petiole provide information of taxonomical significance. Three main types of trichomes were observed on the stem, inflorescence axis, leaf and calyx surfaces of S. chrysophylla. They are peltate, capitate glandular and nonglandular. Capitate glandular and non-glandular trichomes were further subdivided into several kinds. Glandular trichomes are present in abundance on the inflorescence axis and calyx, but non-glandular ones were mainly situated on the leaf and stem. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) studies on the pollen grains have revealed that they are oblate-spheroidal and their exine ornamentation is bireticulate-perforate.

Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2011

... (Lamiaceae) in Turkey Ahmet Kahraman • Ferhat Celep • Musa Dog˘an • Greg R. Guerin • Safi Bag... more ... (Lamiaceae) in Turkey Ahmet Kahraman • Ferhat Celep • Musa Dog˘an • Greg R. Guerin • Safi Bagherpour ... Salvia aytachiia Ankara: Polatlı to Sivrihisar vi 2005 SBagherpour 115 Ir.-Tur. S. blepharochlaenaa Kayseri: Sarız to Pınarbası vii 2006 AKahraman 1355 Ir.-Tur. ...

Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2010

Chromosome numbers are given for six taxa of Eremopyrum (Ledeb.) Jaub. & Spach (Poaceae) of Iran:... more Chromosome numbers are given for six taxa of Eremopyrum (Ledeb.) Jaub. & Spach (Poaceae) of Iran: E. bonaepartis var. bonaepartis (Spreng.) Nevski (2n=14 & 28), E. bonaepartis var. sublanuginosum (Drobow) Melderis (2n=28), E. confusum Melderis var. confusum Melderis (2n=28), E. confusum Melderis var. glabrum Melderis (2n=14), E. distans (C. Koch) Nevski (2n=14) and E. orientale (L.) Jaub. & Spach (2n=28). Chromosome numbers of six studied taxa were recorded for the first time from Iran.

Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2014

Salvia quezelii is a very little known local endemic species from Turkey. Since 2005, our revisio... more Salvia quezelii is a very little known local endemic species from Turkey. Since 2005, our revisional studies on the genus in Turkey have been shown that previously known two localities of the species including type locality are wrong, and the species has not been collected since 1970. In this study, the type locality of the species is amended and morphological description of the species is amplified and expanded based on large number of specimens. The anatomy, palynology, myxocarpy, mericarp micromorphology and distribution of the trichomes on the aerial parts of S. quezelii are studied for the first time to understand the usefulness of these characteristics for systematic purposes. Morphological characteristics of leaves, calyces, corollas and types of stamens are useful for sectional and specific delimitation in Salvia. Anatomical characters such as number of ray rows in roots, distance between vascular bundles in stems, mesophyll structures in leaves, shape of mid-rib and presence/absence of sclerenchymatic tissue in petioles provide information of taxonomical significance. Scanning electron microscopy studies on the pollen grains have revealed that they are oblate-spheroidal to prolate-spheroidal and their exine ornamentation is reticulate-perforate. Mericarps are broadly ovate to rotund, and surface sculpturing pattern is verrucate or slightly reticulate. Three main types of trichomes were observed on the stem, inflorescence axis, leaf and calyx surfaces of S. quezelii with very high diversity. They are peltate, capitate glandular and non-glandular. Capitate glandular and non-glandular trichomes were further subdivided into several kinds. Glandular trichomes are present in abundance on all vegetative parts, particularly in inflorescence axis.

Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2014

ABSTRACT The pollen morphology of the ten taxa belonging to Cassubicae Radzhi, Cracca Dumort., Er... more ABSTRACT The pollen morphology of the ten taxa belonging to Cassubicae Radzhi, Cracca Dumort., Ervilia (Link) Koch, Lentopsis Kupicha, Trigonellopsis Rech. f. and Variegatae Radzhi sections of the genus Vicia L. subgenus Vicilla (Schur) Rouy (Fabeae, Fabaceae) in Turkey has been examined by use of light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Twelve morphometric characters are analysed with one-way analysis of variance and Tukey's honestly significant difference test for multiple comparisons. Polar axis and equatorial diameter of pollen grains range from 24.64 to 44.19 and from 15.90 to 30.42 mu m, respectively. The pollen grains are prolate-spheroidal to perprolate (P/E = 1.09-2.07), but the prolate shape occurs in the majority of the taxa. The regular pollen grains of all taxa are trizonocolporate, isopolar, and released in monads. Ornamentation of the mesocolpium is psilate-perforate in V. tenuifolia subsp. dalmatica and V. tenuifolia subsp. tenuifolia (sect. Cracca), reticulate-rugulate in V. villosa subsp. villosa (sect. Cracca), and reticulate-perforate in the remaining taxa. The apocolpium and colpus area are reticulate-perforate in V. hirsuta (sect. Cracca), V. ervilia (sect. Ervilia) and V. lunata subsp. grandiflora (sect. Trigonellopsis), and psilate, psilate-slightly perforate or perforate in the other taxa. The results obtained from analyses of pollen grains from the studied taxa of the subgenus Vicilla reveal significant differences in general morphology and some morphometric attributes, and ornamentation types. However, it is concluded that pollen morphology has proved to be uninformative for differentiating the subgenera Vicilla and Vicia.

Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, 2009

Nordic Journal of Botany, 1989

Th e genus Hordeum L., one of the most economically important cereal crops in the tribe Triticeae... more Th e genus Hordeum L., one of the most economically important cereal crops in the tribe Triticeae, has a worldwide distribution mainly in temperate and dry regions of the world. In Turkey, Hordeum is represented by 12 taxa, namely Hordeum violaceum Boiss. & Hohen., H. geniculatum All., H. marinum var. marinum, H. marinum Hudson var. pubescent (Guss.) Nevski, H. murinum L. subsp. murinum, H. murinum subsp. glaucum (Steudel) Tzvelev, H. murinum subsp. leporinum (Link) Arc. var. leporinum, H. murinum subsp. leporinum var. simulans Bowden, H. bulbosum L., H. spontaneum K.Koch, H. distichon L., and H. vulgare L. Th e main objective of this study is to assess the signifi cance of anatomical characteristics of the leaves. For this purpose, dehydrated specimens were embedded into paraffi n and transverse sections were gathered. Furthermore, the leaf surfaces were examined. Results of the study show that anatomical characteristics of the leaf blades vary between the taxa in both qualitative and quantitative values. Sclerenchymatic cells, silica bodies, and stomata, furrow and rib properties, the existence of midrib and bulliform cells, and indumentum properties such as arrangement, density, and length of macro hairs are all included in these diagnostic characteristics. Based on these anatomical characteristics, an identifi cation key for the taxa is given for the fi rst time.

Journal of Medicinal Food, 2011

In European folk medicine, Salvia species have traditionally been used to enhance memory. In our ... more In European folk medicine, Salvia species have traditionally been used to enhance memory. In our previous study of 55 Salvia taxa, we explored significant anticholinesterase activity of cultivated S. fruticosa. In this study, we compared the inhibitory activity of dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, and ethanol extracts of 3 wild-grown samples and 1 cultivated sample of S. fruticosa against acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase enzymes (which are associated with pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease) by using the spectrophotometric Ellman method. Antioxidant activities were assessed by determining 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical-scavenging activity, iron-chelating capacity, and ferric-reducing antioxidant power. The dichloromethane extract of the cultivated sample was then subjected to fractionation by using open column chromatography and medium-pressure liquid chromatography to obtain the most active fraction by activity-guided fractionation. All fractions and subfractions were tested in the same manner, and inactive subfractions were discarded. The essential oil of the cultivated sample was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.