A karyomorphological study on the genus Muscari Mill. growing in Kahramanmaraş (Turkey)

Authors

SERPİL DEMİRCİ KAYIRAN
FATMA NERİMAN ÖZHATAY

DOI

10.3906/bot-1605-6

Abstract

The karyotypes and idiograms of nine Muscari Mill. species from 21 populations distributed in Kahramanmaraş province, southern Turkey, were examined: M. armeniacum Leichtlin ex Baker 2n = 18 (diploid); M. aucheri (Boiss.) Baker 2n = 18 (diploid); M. anatolicum Cowley & Özhatay 2n = 27 (triploid); M. neglectum Guss. 2n = 18 (diploid), 36 (tetraploid), 54 (hexaploid); M. parviflorum Desf. 2n = 36 (tetraploid); M. babachii Eker & Koyuncu 2n = 18 (diploid); M. comosum Miller 2n = 18 (diploid); M. tenuiflorum Tausch 2n = 18 (diploid); and M. azureum Fenzl 2n = 18 (diploid). M. anatolicum is an endemic species to Turkey and the 2n = 27 triploid population for this species is recorded for the first time. Idiograms and karyotypes of the species were obtained by the use of Cameram software.

Keywords

Chromosome numbers, karyotypes, Muscari, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

First Page

289

Last Page

298

Recommended Citation

KAYIRAN, SERPİL DEMİRCİ and ÖZHATAY, FATMA NERİMAN (2017) "A karyomorphological study on the genus Muscari Mill. growing in Kahramanmaraş (Turkey)," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 41: No. 3, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1605-6
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol41/iss3/7