Turkish Journal of Botany

New chromosome counts of genus Stachys (Lamiaceae) from Turkey
Esra MARTİN¹, Özlem ÇETİN¹, Ekrem AKÇİÇEK², Tuncay DİRMENCİ²
¹Selçuk University, Ahmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Education, Department of Biology Education, 42090 Konya - TURKEY
²Balıkesir University, Necatibey Faculty of Education, Department of Biology Education, 10100 Balıkesir - TURKEY

Abstract: Somatic chromosome numbers of 26 Stachys L. taxa (14 species, 11 subspecies, and 1 varietas), collected from different localities in Turkey, were counted for the first time, except for Stachys byzantina C.Koch and S. thirkei C.Koch. In this study, all of the Stachys taxa determined were somatic with chromosome numbers counted as 2n = 30. This research has made a contribution to the taxonomic revision of the genus Stachys in Turkey.

Key words: Chromosome number, Eriostomum, Labiatae, Stachys, Turkey

Turk. J. Bot., 35, (2011), 671-680.
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