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Phytoplankton Functional Groups Provide A Quality Assessment Method By The Q Assemblage Index In Lake Mogan (Turkey), Ayşe Ni̇lsun Demi̇r, Özden Fakioğlu, Berri̇n Dural Jan 2014

Phytoplankton Functional Groups Provide A Quality Assessment Method By The Q Assemblage Index In Lake Mogan (Turkey), Ayşe Ni̇lsun Demi̇r, Özden Fakioğlu, Berri̇n Dural

Turkish Journal of Botany

The aim of this research is to test the Q phytoplankton assemblage index based on phytoplankton functional groups in Lake Mogan and to provide a quality state estimation by data from 2006. Phytoplankton was sampled at 2 stations of the lake, paralleled with physical (water temperature, Secchi depth, pH, conductivity) and chemical (DO, chlorophyll-\alpha, alkalinity, total hardness, soluble reactive phosphorus, total phosphorus, NO_{2}-N, NO_{3}-N, NH_{3}-N) analyses. The Q index was able to follow the main seasonal changes of the physical and chemical parameters and indicated a moderate ecological status for Lake Mogan. Phytoplankton biomass varied between 0.75 and 10.12 mg/L …


Contributions To The Macrofungal Diversity Of Kilis Province, Mehmet Hali̇l Solak, Hakan Alli, Mustafa Işiloğlu, Hali̇l Güngör, Erbi̇l Kalmiş Jan 2014

Contributions To The Macrofungal Diversity Of Kilis Province, Mehmet Hali̇l Solak, Hakan Alli, Mustafa Işiloğlu, Hali̇l Güngör, Erbi̇l Kalmiş

Turkish Journal of Botany

In this study, an attempt has been made to determine macrofungal specimens collected from Kilis in 2006 and 2007. After field and laboratory studies, 47 taxa belonging to 17 families and 2 divisions were identified: 4 taxa belong to Ascomycota and 43 to Basidiomycota. Three of them, Inocybe taxocystis (J.Favre & E.Horak) Senn-Irlet, Russula laccata Huijsman, and Russula medullata Romagn., are new records for Turkey.


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 …


Assessment Of Genetic Relationships Among Secale Taxa By Using Issr And Irap Markers And The Chromosomal Distribution Of The Aac Microsatellite Sequence, Magdalena Achrem, Anna Kalinka, Stanislawa Maria Rogalska Jan 2014

Assessment Of Genetic Relationships Among Secale Taxa By Using Issr And Irap Markers And The Chromosomal Distribution Of The Aac Microsatellite Sequence, Magdalena Achrem, Anna Kalinka, Stanislawa Maria Rogalska

Turkish Journal of Botany

Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and inter-retrotransposon amplified polymorphism (IRAP) techniques were used to investigate the genetic diversity among species of the genus Secale L. Chromosomal distribution of the AAC simple sequence repeat was examined by means of the fluorescent in situ hybridization technique. Comparative analysis revealed differences in the distribution of analyzed sequences in the genomes of Secale species. Using ISSR and IRAP data, a similarity matrix was constructed based on Dice’s coefficient, and the unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic mean clustering was used to create dendrograms. Secale sylvestre Host and Secale strictum C.Presl were separated from a cluster consisting …


Onopordum Hasankeyfense (Asteraceae), A New Species From South-Eastern Turkey, Süleyman Mesut Pinar, Lütfi̇ Behçet Jan 2014

Onopordum Hasankeyfense (Asteraceae), A New Species From South-Eastern Turkey, Süleyman Mesut Pinar, Lütfi̇ Behçet

Turkish Journal of Botany

Onopordum hasankeyfense Pınar & Behçet (Asteraceae: Cardueae) from south-eastern Anatolia, Turkey, is described. This species grows on the rocky slopes beneath the Hasankeyf castle in the Hasankeyf District (C8, Batman province). Morphologically, the new species is related to Onopordum anatolicum (Boiss.) Boiss. & Heldr. ex Eig, a species endemic to central and western Anatolia, and O. acanthium L. This new species differs from the others in its indumentum, capitulum shape, phyllary colour and shape, unequal corolla lobes, and pappus. The ecology and phenology of the new species, as well as its etymology and diagnostic features, are presented and discussed. Images …


Study On Seed Morphometry Of Some Threatened Western Himalayan Orchids, Jagdeep Verma, Kusum Sharma, Kranti Thakur, Jaspreet Kaur Sembi, Suraj Prakash Vij Jan 2014

Study On Seed Morphometry Of Some Threatened Western Himalayan Orchids, Jagdeep Verma, Kusum Sharma, Kranti Thakur, Jaspreet Kaur Sembi, Suraj Prakash Vij

Turkish Journal of Botany

Physical seed characteristics of 32 threatened Western Himalayan orchids belonging to 23 genera of 3 subfamilies were studied using light and scanning electron microscopy. The species showed remarkable seed shape variations (fusiform, spathulate, ovoid, filiform) irrespective of their taxonomic position. Epiphytes produced relatively small-sized seeds compared to their terrestrial, lithophytic, or mycoheterotrophic counterparts. Seeds were truncated (length/width < 6.0) in 27 species, and were mostly elongated (length/width = 19.957 ± 1.459) in the orchidoid species Goodyera biflora (Lindl.) Hook.f. The number or size of testa cells was found fairly consistent at the genus level, and their walls were straight, sinuous, or undulate. Periclinal walls possessed vertical or oblique ornamentation in 6 species, which is of taxonomic implication. Embryos were rather tiny and most of the seed space (even >90% in 7 species) was occupied by air. The highest seed to embryo volume ratio was recorded in terrestrial Liparis odorata (Willd.) Lindl. and the lowest in epiphytic Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume, both of which are members of the advanced Epidendroideae. Seed characteristics …


Toxicological Evaluation Of Polar And Nonpolar Components Of Isodon Coetsa (Lamiaceae), Sandhya Vincent Neelamkavil, John Ernest Thoppil Jan 2014

Toxicological Evaluation Of Polar And Nonpolar Components Of Isodon Coetsa (Lamiaceae), Sandhya Vincent Neelamkavil, John Ernest Thoppil

Turkish Journal of Botany

Isodon coetsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kudo, a perennial herb used in traditional Chinese folk medicines as an antibacterial, antiinflammatory, and antitumour agent, was subjected to toxicity analysis. Cytotoxic screening using the Allium L. assay was done with extracts containing polar and nonpolar compounds as well as with polar compounds alone. Root tips were treated with different concentrations of both the extracts, 0.005%, 0.01%, 0.05%, and 0.1%, for varying time durations (30 min, 1 h, 2 h, and 3 h). Extremely significant levels of chromosome abnormality (P < 0.001) were observed with the extracts when compared with the positive control (0.01% methyl parathion), but the extract with polar and nonpolar compounds showed higher abnormality percentage. Not much variation was observed in the mitotic index when compared to the negative control (distilled water). Studies revealed many clastogenic and nonclastogenic abnormalities. The major abnormalities included chromosome fragments, stickiness, ring chromosomes, chromosome bridges, pulverization, binucleate cell, micronucleus, ball metaphase, chromosome laggards, and shift in microtubule organizing center. The results showed that the nonpolar components possessed more clastogenic activity, which can be specifically targeted in order to destroy cancer cells. The toxic activity of extracts also suggests the need of judicious use of I. coetsa in folk medicines.


Plasticity And Within Plant Sex-Ratio Variation In Monoecious Emex Spinosa, Regina Berjano, Montserrat Arista, María Talavera, María Jesús Ariza, Pedro Luis Ortiz Jan 2014

Plasticity And Within Plant Sex-Ratio Variation In Monoecious Emex Spinosa, Regina Berjano, Montserrat Arista, María Talavera, María Jesús Ariza, Pedro Luis Ortiz

Turkish Journal of Botany

Understanding how phenotype trait expression varies at different levels of biological organization is crucial to understanding the fundamental ecological, evolutionary, and developmental issues that contribute to adaptive plasticity. This is particularly important in plants because of their modular organization. Here, we study plasticity in flower production in response to light intensity at 3 levels of biological organization (between populations, among individuals, and within individuals) in Emex spinosa (L.) Compd., a Mediterranean amphicarpic annual. Plants exposed to high light intensity grew faster and produced more flowers than plants at low light intensity. Female flower production was the most labile trait. Within …


Glycine Betaine-Induced Lead Toxicity Tolerance Related To Elevated Photosynthesis, Antioxidant Enzymes Suppressed Lead Uptake And Oxidative Stress In Cotton, Saima Aslam Bharwana, Shafaqat Ali, Muhammad Ahsan Farooq, Naeem Iqbal, Amjad Hameed, Farhat Abbas, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad Jan 2014

Glycine Betaine-Induced Lead Toxicity Tolerance Related To Elevated Photosynthesis, Antioxidant Enzymes Suppressed Lead Uptake And Oxidative Stress In Cotton, Saima Aslam Bharwana, Shafaqat Ali, Muhammad Ahsan Farooq, Naeem Iqbal, Amjad Hameed, Farhat Abbas, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad

Turkish Journal of Botany

Anthropogenic activities contaminate soils with heavy metal concentrations including lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), and chromium (Cr). Pb has higher potential for ready accumulation, sedimentation, and poisoning of the soil than other heavy metals. The present study was conducted to induce Pb tolerance, in solution culture-grown cotton, by exogenous glycinebetaine (GB) application using 3 levels of Pb (0, 50, and 100 µm) and 2 GB levels (0 and 1 mM). The results revealed that Pb stress decreased gas exchange characteristics (net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, water use efficiency, chlorophyll, carotenoids, and SPAD value) and the performance of …


Melatonin And Other Factors That Promote Rooting And Sprouting Of Shoot Cuttings In Punica Granatum Cv. Wonderful, Eirini Sarrou, Ioannis Therios, Kortessa Dimassi-Theriou Jan 2014

Melatonin And Other Factors That Promote Rooting And Sprouting Of Shoot Cuttings In Punica Granatum Cv. Wonderful, Eirini Sarrou, Ioannis Therios, Kortessa Dimassi-Theriou

Turkish Journal of Botany

The agricultural and medicinal plant pomegranate (Punica granatum L. cv. Wonderful) was studied to examine the effects of wounding of cuttings and to test the effects of different concentrations of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), gibberellic acid (GA_{3}), hydrogen peroxide (H_{2}O_{2}), melatonin (MEL), and ascorbic acid (ASC) on rooting of the shoot cuttings under mist. The data indicated that IBA had a positive influence on the rooting percentage in wounded and nonwounded cuttings. The best rooting was achieved with very thin cuttings (3-4 mm in diameter). The percentage of rooting (100.0 ± 0.0) and the number of roots per plant (15.2 ± …


Protein Mobilisation And Proteolytic Activities In Root Tubers Of Asphodelus Aestivus, Serap Kirmizi, Gürcan Güleryüz, Hülya Arslan Jan 2014

Protein Mobilisation And Proteolytic Activities In Root Tubers Of Asphodelus Aestivus, Serap Kirmizi, Gürcan Güleryüz, Hülya Arslan

Turkish Journal of Botany

We studied protein mobilisation in Asphodelus aestivus Brot. (Liliaceae) during a 1-year period. The activities of 3 proteolytic enzymes, endopeptidase (EP), leucine aminopeptidase (LAP), and carboxypeptidase (CP), together with soluble protein levels and total nitrogen and water content in root tubers were investigated. We found that protein mobilisation continued throughout the year. The highest levels of the 3 proteolytic enzymes were found in different months: LAP in December (1.19 ± 0.19 µmol pNA/g FW), CP in February (14.19 ± 1.13 µmol Leu/g FW), and EP in May (5.18 ± 0.12 U/h). Activities of LAP and CP generally reached their higher …


Growth Response And Soil-Plant Water Relations Of 4 Dominant Psammophyte Species With Soil Moisture In Central Inner Mongolia, Yuanrun Zheng, Lianhe Jiang, Yong Gao, Xi Chen, Geping Luo, Xianwei Feng, Hideyuki Shimizu Jan 2014

Growth Response And Soil-Plant Water Relations Of 4 Dominant Psammophyte Species With Soil Moisture In Central Inner Mongolia, Yuanrun Zheng, Lianhe Jiang, Yong Gao, Xi Chen, Geping Luo, Xianwei Feng, Hideyuki Shimizu

Turkish Journal of Botany

Soil-plant water relations are crucial for understanding the mechanisms by which plants adapt to their environments. An experiment was conducted to understand the responses of 4 dominant psammophyte shrub species to different sandy environments. Pots were filled with tap water or sand, and pots planted with different species and filled with sand with and without pot covers were kept in 4 growth cabinets at 15/25 °C and with a water supply of 75 mm per month. Soil water content; dry weights of roots, shoots, and leaves; and leaf area were measured. The relative growth rate (0.039-0.042 g g^{-1} day^{-1}) was …


Chlorolepiota Brunneotincta: A New Species (Agaricaceae) From India, Narender Singh Atri, Babita Kumari, Ramesh Chandra Upadhyay Jan 2014

Chlorolepiota Brunneotincta: A New Species (Agaricaceae) From India, Narender Singh Atri, Babita Kumari, Ramesh Chandra Upadhyay

Turkish Journal of Botany

The genus Chlorolepiota Sathe & Deshpande is a monotypic genus represented by C. mahabaleshwerences Sathe & Deshpande. In this paper, a new species, Chlorolepiota brunneotincta, is described, based upon macroscopic, microscopic, and molecular studies undertaken on the collection from Solan Himachal Pradesh (India).


New Records Of Some Ascomycete Truffle Fungi From Turkey, Azi̇z Türkoğlu, Michael Angelo Castellano Jan 2014

New Records Of Some Ascomycete Truffle Fungi From Turkey, Azi̇z Türkoğlu, Michael Angelo Castellano

Turkish Journal of Botany

We report the first records of 6 Ascomycete truffle taxa in Turkey: Genea verrucosa Vittad., Genea klotzschii Berk. & Broome, Stephensia bombycina (Vittad.) Tul. & C.Tul., Terfezia olbiensis Tul. & C.Tul., Tuber excavatum Vittad., and Tuber rufum Pico. We also report new localities within Turkey for Picoa juniperi Vittad., Terfezia leptoderma Tul. & C.Tul., Choiromyces meandriformis Vittad., Tuber brumale Vittad., Tuber nitidum Vittad., and Tuber mesentericum Vittad.


Phylogeny Of The Genus Potentilla (Rosaceae) In Iran Based On Nrdna Its And Cpdna Trnl-F Sequences With A Focus On Leaf And Style Characters’ Evolution, Marzieh Beygom Faghir, Farideh Attar, Ali Farazmand, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo Jan 2014

Phylogeny Of The Genus Potentilla (Rosaceae) In Iran Based On Nrdna Its And Cpdna Trnl-F Sequences With A Focus On Leaf And Style Characters’ Evolution, Marzieh Beygom Faghir, Farideh Attar, Ali Farazmand, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo

Turkish Journal of Botany

The present survey reports maximum parsimony (MP) and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of the genus Potentilla L. in Iran using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and the trnL-F intergenic region of chloroplast DNA. A total of 25 taxa from 9 sections, 2 intersectional hybrids, and 4 related genera of Iranian taxa plus 40 previously sequenced data were analyzed for both trnL-F and nrDNA ITS regions. Individual and combined analysis of ITS and trnL/F data revealed monophyly of the genus Potentilla. The Potentilla core group was composed of monophyletic subclades of the sections Persicae (Th.Wolf) Juz., Potentilla, Micranthae …


Genetic Stability In A Predominating Turkish Olive Cultivar, Gemlik, Assessed By Rapd, Microsatellite, And Aflp Marker Systems, Ufuk Çeli̇kkol Akçay, Gülcan Özkan, Beki̇r Şan, Oğuz Dolgun, Ayhan Dağdelen, Di̇lşat Bozdoğan Konuşkan Jan 2014

Genetic Stability In A Predominating Turkish Olive Cultivar, Gemlik, Assessed By Rapd, Microsatellite, And Aflp Marker Systems, Ufuk Çeli̇kkol Akçay, Gülcan Özkan, Beki̇r Şan, Oğuz Dolgun, Ayhan Dağdelen, Di̇lşat Bozdoğan Konuşkan

Turkish Journal of Botany

Olive (Olea europaea L.) is an important fruit crop, with many health promoting properties being continuously discovered. World demand for both the fruit and olive oil is increasing in pace and hence countries try to meet the demand by disseminating 1 or 2 productive and adaptive cultivars to different regions formerly dominated by local cultivars. This study was performed to investigate the level of diversity in a very productive and adaptive cultivar, Gemlik, which has started to dominate most of the olive growing regions of Turkey. Three different marker systems, namely microsatellites (SSR), RAPD, and AFLP, with 15, 20, and …


Molecular Phylogeny Of The Genus Amygdalus (Rosaceae) Based On Nrdna Its And Cpdna Trns-Trng Sequences, Mahnaz Vafadar, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo, Farideh Attar Jan 2014

Molecular Phylogeny Of The Genus Amygdalus (Rosaceae) Based On Nrdna Its And Cpdna Trns-Trng Sequences, Mahnaz Vafadar, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo, Farideh Attar

Turkish Journal of Botany

With over 40 species, almonds (Amygdalus L.) are among the most economically important Rosaceae fruit crops distributed in the Irano-Turanian region of southwestern and Central Asia and southeastern Europe. While Amygdalus is considered a separate genus in floristic treatments of Asian countries it is a subgenus or a section of Prunus L. s.l. in other treatments. Phylogenetic relationships of the Iranian wild almonds based on data from 2 nuclear and chloroplast spacers (nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnS-trnG) were constructed using the maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood, Bayesian inference, and NeighborNet methods. Data from 2 nuclear and chloroplast spacers were congruent. …


Chilling Tolerance Of Cicer Arietinum Lines Evaluated By Photosystem Ii And Antioxidant Activities, Özlem Turan, Yasemi̇n Ekmekçi̇ Jan 2014

Chilling Tolerance Of Cicer Arietinum Lines Evaluated By Photosystem Ii And Antioxidant Activities, Özlem Turan, Yasemi̇n Ekmekçi̇

Turkish Journal of Botany

Two chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) lines (AKN 87 and AKN 290) that have different chilling susceptibilities were exposed to 2 chilling temperatures (4 and 2 °C), either cold-acclimated (10 °C) or nonacclimated (25 °C), in order to understand and compare physiological and biochemical changes at the vegetative stage. Chilling temperatures resulted in reduced growth parameters, particularly in cold-acclimated lines, whereas nonacclimated plants exhibited the lowest water contents. Cold acclimation treatment led to protective changes of increased flavonoid, proline, and antioxidant enzyme activities, mostly superoxide dismutase (SOD) and ascorbate peroxidase (APX), in the lines. However, the 10 °C treatment did not …


Treatment With 24-Epibrassinolide Mitigates Nacl-Induced Toxicity By Enhancing Carbohydrate Metabolism, Osmolyte Accumulation, And Antioxidant Activity In Pisum Sativum, Muhammad Adnan Shahid, Rashad Mukhtar Balal, Muhammad Aslam Pervez, Francisco Garcia-Sanchez, Vicente Gimeno, Tahira Abbas, Neil Scott Mattson, Atif Riaz Jan 2014

Treatment With 24-Epibrassinolide Mitigates Nacl-Induced Toxicity By Enhancing Carbohydrate Metabolism, Osmolyte Accumulation, And Antioxidant Activity In Pisum Sativum, Muhammad Adnan Shahid, Rashad Mukhtar Balal, Muhammad Aslam Pervez, Francisco Garcia-Sanchez, Vicente Gimeno, Tahira Abbas, Neil Scott Mattson, Atif Riaz

Turkish Journal of Botany

A pot culture study was performed to evaluate the differences between salt-stressed pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants of tolerant (Climax and Samarina Zard) and sensitive (Ambassidar and PF-400) genotypes, and to determine whether treatment with 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) could enhance the accumulation of osmolytes and antioxidant activity and thereby induce tolerance in salt-stressed plants. Three-week-old seedlings were subjected to +NaCl (5 dS m^-1) and -NaCl conditions (0 dS m^-1). After 4 days of salt stress, the plants were sprayed with Milli-Q water or EBL (0.125 mg L^-1). The plants were sampled at 32 days after sowing and at the final maturity …


The Effects Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculations And Cotyledon Removal On Early Seedling Growth Of Pongamia Pinnata, Anuradha Jha, Madhvi Kamalvanshi, Anil Kumar, Neha Chakravarty, Ashok Shukla, Shiv Kumar Dhyani Jan 2014

The Effects Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculations And Cotyledon Removal On Early Seedling Growth Of Pongamia Pinnata, Anuradha Jha, Madhvi Kamalvanshi, Anil Kumar, Neha Chakravarty, Ashok Shukla, Shiv Kumar Dhyani

Turkish Journal of Botany

Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, a fast-growing oil-seed-producing tree legume, has the ability to grow on wastelands. It can be utilized for biofuel plantation on such lands. The preconditioning of young seedlings during the early stage of development with efficient arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) confers several benefits enhancing the possibility of their establishment in fields after outplanting from nurseries. However, before recommending these fungi for inoculation, the suitable AMF species must be identified. Therefore, to determine the potential AMF species, 9 purified fungi (isolated from different sites) were tested for their growth promotion activity. The inoculated fungi were not able to …


Root Architecture Adaptation Of Pistacia Atlantica Subsp. Atlantica According To An Increasing Climatic And Edaphic Gradient: Case Of A North-South Transect In Algeria, Abdelkrim Limane, Noria Smail-Saadoun, Amel Belkebir-Boukais, Karima Kissoum-Hamdini Jan 2014

Root Architecture Adaptation Of Pistacia Atlantica Subsp. Atlantica According To An Increasing Climatic And Edaphic Gradient: Case Of A North-South Transect In Algeria, Abdelkrim Limane, Noria Smail-Saadoun, Amel Belkebir-Boukais, Karima Kissoum-Hamdini

Turkish Journal of Botany

Despite xeric conditions, Pistacia atlantica Desf. subsp. atlantica (Atlas pistachio) succeeds in developing impressive dendrometric dimensions (25-m high, 2-m trunk diameter). It is among the rare spontaneous phanerophytes of the North African steppe. With access to water being the primary condition for survival, we focused on its root system. According to a gradient of increasing climatic and edaphic aridity in Algeria, we recorded different root architectures set up by this tree. We sampled its underlying soil and determined its main physico-chemical characteristics. Root architecture is mainly of the superficial type with more than 60% of roots located in the top …


Spatial Distribution And Soil Characteristics Of The Vegetation Associated With Common Succulent Plants In Egypt, Monier Abd El-Ghani, Ashraf Soliman, Reham Abd El-Fattah Jan 2014

Spatial Distribution And Soil Characteristics Of The Vegetation Associated With Common Succulent Plants In Egypt, Monier Abd El-Ghani, Ashraf Soliman, Reham Abd El-Fattah

Turkish Journal of Botany

The most succulent species-rich family in Egypt is Chenopodiaceae, followed by Aizoaceae and then Zygophyllaceae, Crassulaceae, and Orobanchaceae. The Sinai Peninsula and the Mediterranean regions include most of these succulent species, at 73.2% and 53.7%, respectively. A floristic data matrix (59 stands and 137 species) was subjected to classification by 2-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN). This yielded 8 vegetation groups. The most prominent groups were the Mesembryanthemum crystallinum-Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum group, the Anabasis articulata group, the Zygophyllum coccineum-Zilla spinosa group, and the Zygophyllum album group. The vegetation associated with the 5 most common succulent plants was analyzed, and variations in floristic …


Morganella Arenicola, A New Species Record From North And Northeast Brazil, Donis Da Silva Alfredo, Thiago Accioly, Iuri Goulart Baseia Jan 2014

Morganella Arenicola, A New Species Record From North And Northeast Brazil, Donis Da Silva Alfredo, Thiago Accioly, Iuri Goulart Baseia

Turkish Journal of Botany

Morganella arenicola Alfredo & Baseia sp. nov. from Brazilian forests is proposed as a new species based on its morphological features. A comparative analysis of several collections of Morganella compacta (G.Cunn.) Kreisel & Dring, including the holotype, is added. Detailed description, taxonomical remarks, and illustrations with photographs and scanning electron microscopy of the basidiospores are given.


Sem Analysis Of The Epibenthic Diatoms On Eudendrium Racemosum (Hydrozoa) From The Mediterranean Sea, Tiziana Romagnoli, Cecilia Totti, Stefano Accoroni, Mario De Stefano, Chiara Pennesi Jan 2014

Sem Analysis Of The Epibenthic Diatoms On Eudendrium Racemosum (Hydrozoa) From The Mediterranean Sea, Tiziana Romagnoli, Cecilia Totti, Stefano Accoroni, Mario De Stefano, Chiara Pennesi

Turkish Journal of Botany

In this work, the valve fine structure, morphology, and dimensions of the epibenthic diatoms living on the marine hydroid Eudendrium racemosum Cavolini were investigated through SEM analysis. Hydroid samples were collected from the Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), from October 2002 to October 2003, with monthly frequency, allowing definition of the annual cycle of diatom communities. Following several taxonomic/systematic papers, this floristics paper documents 32 new records of diatoms (13 araphid, 17 biraphid, 2 monoraphid), which have been classified into different growth forms (adnate, erect, motile, tube-dwelling). Moreover, new information on morphologic data and biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea are offered, …


An Alternative Approach In Sectioning Of Archaeological Woods: The Case Of Quercus Pontica, Bedri̇ Serdar, Reha Mazlum Jan 2014

An Alternative Approach In Sectioning Of Archaeological Woods: The Case Of Quercus Pontica, Bedri̇ Serdar, Reha Mazlum

Turkish Journal of Botany

An alternative approach to the sectioning of archaeological woods is presented in this paper. The samples that we study were obtained through the excavations carried out in Yenikapı (Marmaray), İstanbul. Neolithic-aged wood samples were studied and identified using the frozen sliding microtome method. This method was utilized for the cross-sectioning of a leaf in 1984 for the first time. This work extends its usage by exploiting the method for the purpose of sectioning Neolithic-aged wood samples and providing a case of Quercus pontica C.Koch.


Additions To The Turkish Discomycetes, Yusuf Uzun, İsmai̇l Acar, Mustafa Emre Akçay, Ilgaz Akata Jan 2014

Additions To The Turkish Discomycetes, Yusuf Uzun, İsmai̇l Acar, Mustafa Emre Akçay, Ilgaz Akata

Turkish Journal of Botany

In this study, Mollisia ventosa P.Karst., Hymenoscyphus herbarum (Pers.) Dennis, H. immutabilis (Fuckel) Dennis, H. robustior (P.Karst.) Dennis, Ciboria amentacea (Balb.) Fuckel, and Peziza fimeti (Fuckel) E.C.Hansen have been recorded in Turkey for the first time. Comments on their morphological and anatomical features, geographical position, locality, collection date, and distribution and short descriptions and photographs related to macro- and micromorphologies of the taxa are provided.


The Evolutionary Divergence Of Pinus Nigra Subsp. Pallasiana And Its Varieties Based On Noncoding Trn Regions Of Chloroplast Genome, Aysun Demet Gülsoy, Ali̇ Murat Gülsoy, Burcu Çengel, Zeki̇ Kaya Jan 2014

The Evolutionary Divergence Of Pinus Nigra Subsp. Pallasiana And Its Varieties Based On Noncoding Trn Regions Of Chloroplast Genome, Aysun Demet Gülsoy, Ali̇ Murat Gülsoy, Burcu Çengel, Zeki̇ Kaya

Turkish Journal of Botany

The Anatolian black pine [Pinus nigra Arnold subsp. pallasiana (Lamb.) Holmboe var. pallasiana] is one of the subspecies of European black pine, growing naturally as a widespread mid-elevation species in the southern, western, and northern Anatolian Mountains of Turkey. Three well-recognized varieties [var. pallasiana, var. fastigiata Businsky with pyramidal form, and var. seneriana (Saatçioğlu) Yalt. with globular-shaped crown with multiple stems] occur naturally, but the studies on them are very limited. These 3 varieties of Anatolian black pine were sampled in natural stands where they coexist to determine evolutionary divergence in the species as well as its evolutionary relationships with …


Arenaria Microcalyx (Caryophyllaceae), A New Species From Turkey, Murat Koç, Ergi̇n Hamzaoğlu, Fatma Neri̇man Özhatay Jan 2014

Arenaria Microcalyx (Caryophyllaceae), A New Species From Turkey, Murat Koç, Ergi̇n Hamzaoğlu, Fatma Neri̇man Özhatay

Turkish Journal of Botany

Arenaria microcalyx M.Koç & Hamzaoğlu (Caryophyllaceae) is described as a new species of subgen. Arenaria L. in Turkey. The specimens were collected from Kaş (Antalya). The new species is related to Arenaria leptoclados (Rchb.) Guss. and is an endemic species that has a distribution in the Mediterranean region. The differences between the species are discussed. Description, distribution, illustration, and conservation status of the new species are given. Seeds structures were examined by scanning electron microscopy.


A New Species Of Onobrychis Sect. Onobrychis (Fabaceae) From Iran, Atefe Amirahmadi, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo, Maryam Khoshsokhan Mozaffar, Mohammad Mehdi Charkhchian Jan 2014

A New Species Of Onobrychis Sect. Onobrychis (Fabaceae) From Iran, Atefe Amirahmadi, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo, Maryam Khoshsokhan Mozaffar, Mohammad Mehdi Charkhchian

Turkish Journal of Botany

Onobrychis alamutensis Amirah., Kaz. Osaloo & Charkhch. is described as a new species. It is restricted to the northwestern Alborz mountain range in Rudbar-Alamut, Qazvin, Iran. The diagnostic characters and relevant description of the species are given. The new species is distinguished from its closely related taxa, Onobrychis verae Sirj., O. ptychophylla Sirj. & Rech.f., and O. sosnowskyi Grossh. in both morphological and molecular evidence (nrDNA ITS sequences). The distribution map and an illustration of the new species are also provided.


Caryopsis Micromorphological Survey Of The Genus Themeda (Poaceae) And Allied Spathaceous Genera In The Andropogoneae, Yu Zhang, Xiaoying Hu, Yunxiao Liu, Qing Liu Jan 2014

Caryopsis Micromorphological Survey Of The Genus Themeda (Poaceae) And Allied Spathaceous Genera In The Andropogoneae, Yu Zhang, Xiaoying Hu, Yunxiao Liu, Qing Liu

Turkish Journal of Botany

A caryopsis micromorphological survey of 15 species of the genus Themeda Forssk. (Poaceae) and 4 species of allied spathaceous genera in tribe Andropogoneae allowed the recognition of 2 types of caryopses based on the ventral face and embryo shape for the first time. One kind of caryopsis had a concave ventral face with a grooved embryo, and the other kind of caryopsis had a flat ventral face with a keel-shaped embryo. Although the ventral face and embryo shapes had limited taxonomic value at the infrageneric level, the caryopsis shapes, embryo proportion, and sculpturing patterns were found to be valuable taxonomic …