Sains Malaysiana 42(10)(2013): 1449–1453

Morphology, Anatomy and Cytology of Critically Endangered Endemic Minuartia nifensis from West Anatolia, Turkey

(Morfologi, Anatomi dan Sitologi bagi Minuartia nifensis yang Endemik dan Dalam Bahaya Secara Kritikal dari Anatolia Barat, Turki)

Salih Gücel*

Environmental Sciences Institute, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus

Received: 10 March 2013/Accepted: 12 May 2013

ABSTRACT

Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill belongs to Caryophyllaceae family. It is distributed only on Nif Mountain. In order to prepare the basis for the ex-situ and in-situ protection principles, ecological data was collected as well as population size and distributon areas were recorded in an earlier study. Present study investigates the M. nifensis anatomically, morphologically and cytologically, with the aim of improving the description of this endemic species and establishing the basic information for future biosystematic studies.

Keywords: Anatomy; karyology; morphology; pollen; seed

ABSTRAK

Minuartia nifensis Mc Neill tergolong dalam famili Caryophyllaceae. Ia hanya tertabur di Gunung Nif. Untuk menyediakan asas bagi prinsip perlindungan ex-situ dan in-situ, maklumat ekologi telah dikumpul bersama saiz populasi dan kawasan taburan telah direkodkan dalam kajian terdahulu. Kajian ini meneliti anatomi, morfologi dan sitologi M. nifensis dengan tujuan memperbaiki huraian spesies endemik ini dan menubuhkan maklumat asas bagi kajian biosistematik pada masa depan.

Kata kunci: Anatomi; biji benih; debunga; kariologi; morfologi

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*Corresponding author; email: sgucel@neu.edu.tr