Karyological studies on some Crocus L. taxa from Turkey

Uslu E., Tekin Babaç M., Yilmaz A.

Caryologia, cilt.65, sa.1, ss.7-10, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 65 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00087114.2012.678075
  • Dergi Adı: Caryologia
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7-10
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Chromosome numbers, Crocus taxa, Endemic, Karyotype analysis, Turkey
  • Uşak Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Chromosome numbers and morphometric parameters of five Crocus L. taxa were examined. Except C. specious Bieb. subsp. specious, and C. olivieri Gay subsp. olivieri, the other 3 taxa, C. abantensis T. Baytop et Mathew, C. ancyrensis (Herbert) Maw, and C. biflorus Miller subsp. pulchricolor (Herbert) Mathew all are endemic for Turkey. The chromosome numbers of C. abantensis 2n = 8 chromosomes, six of them metacentric and two were submetacentric, C. ancyrensis and C. olivieri subsp. olivieri both had 2n = 6 chromosomes and all the chromosomes were subtelocentric, finally C. specious subsp. specious and C. biflorus subsp. pulchricolor both had 2n = 8 chromosomes and all were submetacentric. Although some of the taxa chromosome numbers were known from previous studies, in this study some different counts were and their detailed karyotypes were presented. © 2012 Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica, Università di Firenze.