Karyology of Iranian Endemic Satureja (Lamiaceae) Species
Savory is an annual or perennial semi-bushy aromatic plant cultivated for medicinal purposes. The karyology of five Iranian endemic Satureja (Lamiaceae) species collected from different locations was analyzed for the first time. In all species, the chromosome types were determined as mostly “m” and...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | CYTOLOGIA 2013/09/25, Vol.78(3), pp.305-312 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Savory is an annual or perennial semi-bushy aromatic plant cultivated for medicinal purposes. The karyology of five Iranian endemic Satureja (Lamiaceae) species collected from different locations was analyzed for the first time. In all species, the chromosome types were determined as mostly “m” and “sm”. Four species (Satureja bakhtiarica, S. khuzestanica, S. rechingeri, and S. sahandica) were diploids with a karyotype formula of either 2n=2x=30m or 28m+2sm, falling into categories 1A and 1B according to Stebbins, while S. specigera was tetraploid (2n=4x=58m+2sm), falling into category 1B. Satellites were observed in all species. The mean chromosome length (TL) in diploids was 1.56 μm, and 1.35 μm in tetraploids. This small size ( |
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| ISSN: | 0011-4545 1348-7019 |
| DOI: | 10.1508/cytologia.78.305 |