Comparative anatomical studies of some Teucrium sect. Teucrium species: Teucrium alyssifolium Stapf, Teucrium brevifolium Schreb. and Teucrium pestalozzae Boiss. (Lamiaceae)

By

Ecevit Genç, Gülay
Büyükkılıç Altınbaşak, Betül
Özcan, Taner
Dirmenci, Tuncay

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

96

Pages

63-77

Subjects

Lamiaceae , leaf anatomy , stem anatomy , Teucrium

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.96.24498

 

Abstract

Teucriumalyssifolium Stapf (endemic), Teucriumpestalozzae Boiss. (endemic) and Teucriumbrevifolium Schreb. are three closely related taxa in Teucriumsect.Teucrium. The obtained data from the anatomical studies revealed that these three taxa represent the general anatomical characteristics of the Lamiaceae family. Leaves, anatomical features such as thick cuticle, abundant trichomes, rich palisade parenchyma layer in the mesophyll provide evidence that these three species are xeromorphic structures. Leaf and stem anatomy showed that the taxa have generally similar anatomical features. However, cuticle layers, epidermis cells size, indumentum density, mesophyll types, palisade parenchyma occupied in the mesophyll, presence of spherocrystals in leaves and parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma layers in stems show differences amongst the taxa. Anatomical characters of leaf and stem of these taxa are examined for the first time in this study.