A contribution to taxonomy of Centaurea including Psephellus (Asteraceae) based on anatomical and molecular data

Authors

ÖZHAN AYDİN
KAMİL ÇOŞKUNÇELEBİ
MUTLU GÜLTEPE
MURAT ERDEM GÜZEL

DOI

10.3906/bot-1204-25

Abstract

Seven Centaurea L. s.l (Asteraceae) taxa endemic to Turkey were examined in terms of anatomical and molecular aspects to contribute to their taxonomic positions. Numerical analysis of the 13 anatomical traits showed that average row number of collenchyma and the arrangements of the vascular bundles in the stem, leaf type, and abaxial surface of leaf epidermal tissue were important to determine the investigated taxa. It was also found that the 7 investigated taxa were grouped into 2 distinct clusters based on anatomical traits and combined nrDNAITS/cpDNA data.

Keywords

Anatomy, Centaurea, cpDNA, endemic, ITS, Turkey

First Page

419

Last Page

427

Recommended Citation

AYDİN, ÖZHAN; ÇOŞKUNÇELEBİ, KAMİL; GÜLTEPE, MUTLU; and GÜZEL, MURAT ERDEM (2013) "A contribution to taxonomy of Centaurea including Psephellus (Asteraceae) based on anatomical and molecular data," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 37: No. 3, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1204-25
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol37/iss3/1