Phenotypic Plasticity in Turkish Commelina communis L.(Commelinaceae) Populations

Authors : Hamdi Güray KUTBAY, Fevzi UÇKAN

Pages : 199-204

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Phenotypic plasticity was investigated in Commelina communis L. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( Commelinaceae);, which is a perennial herb native to temperate Asia insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(China); and widely naturalised in the central and eastern Black Sea regions were investiguted C. communis has a relatively high ecological tolerance with respect to climatic and soil factors. It was found that the shoot length, leaf width, number of branches, dead leaves and flowers, root:shoot ratio, total -flower- and root biomasses, flower and root ni-trogen and RE 1 and RE 2 varied significantly in among the three populations. In addition, there were statistically important correlations between reproductive effort insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RE); values in the three natural populations of C. communis. Consequently, it was concluded that C. communis has a high phenotypic plasticity.
Keywords : Commeline communis L, Pheotypic Plasticity, Reproductive Effort, Soil Factors