TAILIEUCHUNG - Morphological and leaf anatomical variability of Crocus cf. heuffelianus Herb. (Iridaceae) populations from the different habitats of the Balkan Peninsula

Crocus cf. heuffelianus Herb. belongs to the series Verni Mathew and presents one of the most complex and critical taxa within the whole genus Crocus L. Depending on different authors, C. cf. heuffelianus is sometimes split into different taxa (., C. scepusiensis (Rehmer & Wol.) Borbás ex Kulcz., C. vittatus Schloss. & Vuk., nom. illeg.). In order to disentangle the complicated taxonomical status of this species and to determine the degree of its morphoanatomical variability in the different environmental conditions, a comparative investigation of plant morphology and leaf anatomy of seven populations from the Balkan Peninsula was carried out. Morphometric analysis included meristic, quantitative, and qualitative parameters. | Turkish Journal of Botany Turk J Bot 2019 43 645-658 http botany TÜBİTAK Research Article doi bot-1902-10 Morphological and leaf anatomical variability of Crocus cf. heuffelianus Herb. Iridaceae populations from the different habitats of the Balkan Peninsula Irena RACA Milica JOVANOVIĆ Irena LJUBISAVLJEVIĆ Marina JUŠKOVIĆ Vladimir RANĐELOVIĆ Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics University of Niš Niš Serbia Received Accepted Published Online Final Version Abstract Crocus cf. heuffelianus Herb. belongs to the series Verni Mathew and presents one of the most complex and critical taxa within the whole genus Crocus L. Depending on different authors C. cf. heuffelianus is sometimes split into different taxa . C. scepusiensis Rehmer amp Wol. Borbás ex Kulcz. C. vittatus Schloss. amp Vuk. nom. illeg. . In order to disentangle the complicated taxonomical status of this species and to determine the degree of its morphoanatomical variability in the different environmental conditions a comparative investigation of plant morphology and leaf anatomy of seven populations from the Balkan Peninsula was carried out. Morphometric analysis included meristic quantitative and qualitative parameters. To examine the leaf anatomy fresh cross sections were made by manual microtome and stained with safranin and alcian blue. Statistical analyses such as principal component analysis and canonical discriminant analysis revealed significant differences between populations indicating the presence of distinct groups correlating with their geographical distribution. The largest contribution to the differentiation of analyzed populations is made by the characters that are related to corms perigone segments leaves and anthers followed by the general outlook of cross sections palisade and spongy parenchyma abaxial epidermal cells and vascular bundle features. These findings confirm that from the .

• Sinh học
• Journal of Botany
• Crocus series Verni
• Statistical analysis
• Leaf cross section
• Morphoanatomical variability
• Abaxial epidermal cells
• Ricinus communis
• Glycine max
• Fatty acid biosynthesis
• Comparative proteomics
• Plant seed oil
• Aluminum stress
• DNA methylation
• iPBS profile
• Genomic instability
• Reactive oxygen species
• Helianthus annuus
• Molecular marker analysis
• Simple sequence repeats
• Orobanche cumana
• Genetic structure
• Water deficit stress
• Trifolium repens
• Exogenous application
• Oxidative defense system
• Chicken feather
• Protein hydrolysate
• Aqueous solutions
• Nonproteinogenic amino acids
• Glutathione peroxidase
• Białowieża Forest
• Hay meadow
• Long term study
• Mowing regime
• Floristic composition
• Ecological status
• Indication system
• Trophic weight
• Aquatic ecosystems
• Weighted average regression
• Molecular analyses
• Stalked puffballs
• Fungal DNA barcode
• Nuclear ribosomal DNA
• Scanning electron microscopes
• Astragalus devesae
• Chemical scarification
• Endangered species
• In situ and ex situ conservation
• Population reinforcement
• Seed germination
• Onopordum nezaketianum
• Ornamentation microreticulate
• Palynological features
• Sparsely arachnoid pubescent
• New record
• High mountain lakes
• Artabel Lakes Nature Park
• Chlamydomonas pertusa Chodat
• Coenochloris pyrenoidosa Korshikov
• Chalcone isomerase
• Gene cloning
• Sequence analysis
• Flavonoid biosynthesis
• Cerebral blood flow
• G Quadruplex
• Plant genetics
• Intron mediated enhancement
• Double stranded helix
• Biological significance
• Arabidopsis thaliana
• Boron toxicity
• Posttranscriptional regulation
• Cell wall modification
• Ethylene metabolisms
• Characterizing ethylene pathway genes
• Citrus reticulata
• Fruit pulp development
• Postharvest storage
• Khasi mandarin fruit
• Panicum miliaceum L
• Genetic diversity
• SSR markers
• Grain yield stability
• Panicle and grain morphology
• Brachypodium distachyon
• B hybridum
• Flow cytometry
• Genome size variation
• Model grass genus
• Salt tolerance
• Essential oil productivity
• Ocimum basilicum L
• Hydroponic system
• Intracellular signaling cascades
• Mine site
• Abiotic stress
• Hyperaccumulator plant species
• Nonmine site plants
• Stressful environments
• Asymmetry index
• Somatic chromosome
• Asymmetrical karyotype
• Intrachromosomal asymmetry
• Chromosome morphology
• Endemic species
• Ecological niche modeling
• Local endemic chasmophyte
• Geological formation
• Ecosystem processes
• Bryophyte flora
• Morphological characters
• Anatomic characters
• Reproductive forms
• Eastern Black Sea Region
• Macrostructural properties
• Smaller fruit bodies
• Accompanying bryophytes
• Calcium signaling
• Signal transduction
• Adverse environmental stimuli
• CBL–CIPK signaling pathways
• Biomass production
• GA20 oxidase gene
• Melia azedarach L
• Xylem cells