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

Authors : Serpil Demirci KAYIRAN, Fatma Neriman ÖZHATAY

Pages : 289-298

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

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 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(diploid);; M. aucheri insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Boiss.); Baker 2n = 18 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(diploid);; M. anatolicum Cowley & Özhatay 2n = 27 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(triploid);; M. neglectum Guss. 2n = 18 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(diploid);, 36 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(tetraploid);, 54 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(hexaploid);; M. parviflorum Desf. 2n = 36 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(tetraploid);; M. babachii Eker & Koyuncu 2n = 18 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(diploid);; M. comosum Miller 2n = 18 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(diploid);; M. tenuiflorum Tausch 2n = 18 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(diploid);; and M. azureum Fenzl 2n = 18 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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