Title: Karyological studies of 10 Cirsium sect. Epitrachys (Asteraceae) species from Turkey.
Authors: YÜKSEL, Eda; KIRAN, Yaşar; ŞAHİN, Ahmet; YILDIZ, Bayram; ARABACI, Turan
Abstract: Detailed karyotype properties were established for 10 Cirsium Mill. sect. Epitrachys DC. species distributed in Turkey. The species Cirsium ligulare Boiss., C. sintenisii Freyn, C. boluënse P.H.Davis & Parris, C. eriophorum (L.) Scop., C. steirolepis Petr., G baytopae P.H.Davis & Parris, C. poluninii P.H.Davis & Parris, C. ciliatum (Murray) Moench subsp. szovitsii (K.Koch) Petr, G ellenbergii Bornm., and G vulgare (Savi) Ten. have the somatic chromosome number 2n = 2x = 34, whereas G sintenisii and G vulgare showed 2n = 4x = 68. The chromosome numbers of G sintenisii, C. boluënse, C. baytopae, C. poluninii, and G ellenbergii are newly reported here. Karyotype analysis indicated that chromosomes of Cirsium taxa generally have median region (m) and rarely median point (M) and submedian region (sm) karyotypes. The findings for each of the analyzed taxa are compared with the results of previous studies.
Subjects: TURKEY; ASTERACEAE; CIRSIUM; KARYOTYPES; PLOIDY; SOMATIC cells
Publication: Turkish Journal of Botany, 2013, Vol 37, Issue 6, p1085
ISSN: 1300-008X
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.3906/bot-1302-1

Karyological studies of 10 Cirsium sect. Epitrachys (Asteraceae) species from Turkey.

YÜKSEL, Eda; KIRAN, Yaşar; ŞAHİN, Ahmet; YILDIZ, Bayram; ARABACI, Turan