In this study, morphology, anatomy and systematics of the Genus Lathyrus L.
(Leguminosae) in Central Anatolia is presented. Comparative morphological
characters and their variation in the Genus / Calyx, leaf, corolla and pollen grains
micro-morphology of the species / Anatomy of the species / Ecology, endemism,
phytogeography and IUCN threat categories of the species / Numerical analysis and
Revision of the genus in Central Anatolia were conducted.
For the first time the calyx, corolla and leaf micromorphology, and the anatomical
characteristics of Lathyrus were examined. Infrageneric delimitation of the species is
performed by using multivariate analysis. As a result of morphological and
anatomical data, it is suggested that L. haussknechtii should be classified as different
species not variety of L. brachypterus.
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The collected specimens was crosschecked with neighboring floras and the existing
type specimens known from Turkey ANK, GAZI, HUB, KNYA, CUFH, Erciyes,
and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) herbaria.
Morphological and micromorphological characters of pollen grains were revealed. It
was determined that the pollen grains size and sculpturing were important diagnostic
characters for the species. The statistical analysis was applied to compare P/E ratios
of the pollen grains of studied taxa. According to this analysis, the P/E ratio is
important diagnostic feature for most of the sections and the species.
Sectional key and species key were prepared and updated. Expanded descriptions,
GPS data, some photographs and some notes on the taxonomy of the species were
given.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613432/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 July 2011 |
| Creators | Cildir, Huseyin |
| Contributors | Dogan, Musa |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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