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Plant Sciences

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2014

Allium

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Allium Efeae (Amaryllidaceae), A New Species From Northwest Anatolia, Turkey, İlker Genç, Fatma Neri̇man Özhatay Jan 2014

Allium Efeae (Amaryllidaceae), A New Species From Northwest Anatolia, Turkey, İlker Genç, Fatma Neri̇man Özhatay

Turkish Journal of Botany

Allium efeae Özhatay & İ.Genç is described as a new species from northwest Anatolia. The distribution area of this species is restricted to Kıbrıscık (Bolu) and Beypazarı (Ankara). It resembles Allium lycaonicum Siehe, but differs in tepal shape and color, leaf length, and filament shape. A table comparing the diagnostic morphological characters of the new species and A. lycaonicum is provided. The diagnostic morphological characters, distribution, conservation status, and color photographs of the new species as well as its chromosome number (2n = 24) are presented.


Testing The Utility Of Matk And Its Dna Regions For Discrimination Of Allium Species, Meryem İpek, Ahmet İpek, Philipp W. Simon Jan 2014

Testing The Utility Of Matk And Its Dna Regions For Discrimination Of Allium Species, Meryem İpek, Ahmet İpek, Philipp W. Simon

Turkish Journal of Botany

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Allium L. has been mainly based on the nucleotide sequences of the ITS region. In 2009, matK and rbcL were accepted as a 2-locus DNA barcode to classify plant species by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life Plant Working Group. The matK region was chosen as a DNA barcode because of its effective species discrimination power, high quality sequence recovery, and easy experimental procedures. Integration of matK sequences into Allium phylogeny could improve phylogenetic reconstruction of this genus. This study was carried out to test the utility of nucleotide sequences of matK for …